Rabbi Kendell Pinkney
Director of Education, Artistic Director of The Workshop, and Artist-in-Residence
Kendell is a Brooklyn based theatre-maker, creative producer, and rabbi. He works and creates art at the intersections of race, religion, identity and sacred text.
In addition to his creative work, Kendell is the founding Artistic Director of The Workshop, North America’s first arts and culture fellowship for JOCISM (Jews of Color, Indigenous Jews, Sephardi, and Mizrahi) artists. He has served as the rabbinic fellow for the Jewish arts and culture organizations Reboot and LABA, and is part of the Spiritual Direction team at Ammud: The Jews of Color Torah Academy. kendellpinkney.com
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Hate Speech Awakens “Triple Consciousness” of Being Black, Jewish and American
Reboot’s new rabbinical educator, Kendell Pinkney, shares his thoughts and perspective as a black Jew in an op-ed published by JTA. In all of the screaming over Kanye, he argues that black Jews have been overlooked in the latest public discourse. He digs deep into his “triple consciousness” as a black, Jewish American and what it might mean for society to grasp the full essense of his multifaceted identity. Read the full piece in JTA here