Engaging Discussion Led by Rachel Kamin

Color of Love: A Story of a Mixed-Race Jewish Girl by Marra Gad

Ms. Gad is the daughter of an unmarried, traditional Jewish woman and an African-American man.  She was put up for adoption by a rabbi in New York and raised by her adopted Jewish parents in Chicago.  She was a member of a north side Reform congregation and went to Olin Sang Ruby camp.  The memoir is about her life in Chicago and her choice to help her racist, abusive, estranged great-aunt who suffers from Alzheimer's Disease.  This unlikely connection slowly erases her aunt's prejudices, allowing them to develop a loving relationship.  This memoir presents a little seen view of race relations in Judaism and the United States.