- Sammy Davis Jr.
Samuel George Davis, Jr., better known as Sammy Davis, Jr. (December 8, 1925 - May 16, 1990) was an American entertainer. He was a dancer, singer, multi-instrumentalist (playing vibraphone, trumpet, and drums), impressionist, comedian, and actor. He was a member of the 1960s Rat Pack, which was led by his old friend Frank Sinatra, and included such fellow performers as Dean Martin and Peter Lawford. - Walter Mosley
Walter Mosley (born January 12, 1952) is a prominent American novelist, most widely recognized for his crime fiction. Mosley has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries featuring the hard-boiled detective Easy Rawlins, a black private investigator and World War II veteran living in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles; it is perhaps his most popular work. Mosley has written over 20 books in a variety of categories, including non-mystery fiction, … - Lenny Kravitz
Leonard Albert "Lenny" Kravitz (born May 26, 1964) is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and arranger whose "retro" style incorporates elements of rock, soul, funk, reggae, hard rock, psychedelic, folk, and ballads. In addition to singing lead and backing vocals, he often plays all the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and percussion himself when recording. - Julius Lester
Julius Lester (born January 27 1939), also known as "Julius Bernard Lester" or by his Hebrew name "Yaakov Daniel", is an award winning American author of books for children and adults, and was an occasionally controversial professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Lester is Black and Jewish. He has recorded two albums of folk music. - Joshua Nelson
Joshua Nelson is an American gospel singer and Hebrew teacher. - Reuben Greenberg
Reuben Greenberg, born in 1943, was the first Black police chief of Charleston, South Carolina, and known for being an innovative criminologist. He was police chief there from 1982 until his retirement in 2005 - Yaphet Kotto
Prince Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1937, in New York City) is an American actor. - Zab Judah
Zab "The Jab Super" Judah, (born October 27 1977), of Brooklyn, New York, is an American professional boxer. He is a former junior welterweight 140 lb (63.5 kg) champion, and former undisputed champion in the welterweight 147 lb (66.7 kg) division. - Rebecca Walker
Rebecca Walker (born November 17 1969) is an American feminist and writer. She has been named by "Time Magazine" as one of the 50 future leaders of America. - Craig David
Craig Ashley David (born May 5, 1981 in Holyrood, Southampton) is an English R&B singer. Craig has sold around 13 million albums worldwide as of 2007. - Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller (born June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network's television series "Prison Break". - Aaron Freeman
Aaron Freeman is an American journalist and stand-up comedian based in Chicago. Freeman's greatest claim to fame may have been "Council Wars," a satire on the Chicago City Council when Harold Washington was mayor. Freeman also has performed with The Second City and is a commentator for National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." The "Chicago Tribune" once described Freeman as "The funniest man in Chicago." Aaron Freeman is a stand up comedian, author, … - Ben Harper
Ben Harper (born Benjamin Chase Harper on October 28, 1969 in Claremont, California, USA) is an American musician. - Rain Pryor
Rain Pryor (born July 16, 1969 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and comedian, and the daughter of African American comedian Richard Pryor, and his second wife, Shelly Bonus. Pryor, who is black and Jewish, has joked that while growing she felt "proud, but guilty about it." - Oona King
Oona Tamsyn King (born October 22, 1967, in Sheffield) is a British politician. She was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Bethnal Green & Bow from 1997 until the 2005 election, when she was defeated by Respect candidate George Galloway. - Maya Rudolph
Maya Khabira Rudolph (born July 27, 1972, in Gainesville, Florida) is an American actress and comedian, currently best known as a cast member of NBC's "Saturday Night Live." - Abayudaya
related = "Tradition" :<br/>Jews<br/> African Jews<br/> Abayudaya<br/>"Ethnobiology" :<br/> Baganda<br/> AbayudayaThe Abayudaya ("Abayudaya" is Luganda for "People of Judah", analogous to Children of Israel) are a Baganda community in eastern Uganda near the town of Mbale who practice Judaism. Although they are not genetically or historically related to other ethnic Jews, … - Lisa Bonet
Lisa Michelle Boney (born November 16, 1967), known professionally as Lisa Bonet, is an American actress. She is best known for portraying the character Denise Huxtable on "The Cosby Show", and its spinoff "A Different World". - Rashida Jones
Rashida Leah Jones (born February 25 1976), is an American actress, writer, model, and musician, best known for her portrayal of Karen Filippelli on "The Office". - Slash
Saul Hudson (born July 23, 1965), more widely known as Slash, is a guitarist best known as a former member of Guns N' Roses and as a current member of Velvet Revolver. Slash is also known for his long curly hair and signature top hat and use of the Gibson Les Paul - Drew Bundini Brown
Drew Bundini Brown (March 21, 1928 - September 24,1987) was an assistant trainer and cornerman of Muhammad Ali's throughout the former heavyweight champion's career, as well as occasional film actor. - Sophie Okonedo
Hotel Rwanda is the story of one local hotel owner's noble attempt to save innocent lives from the Hutus tribe and the devastating retelling of the 1994 Tutsi massacre. Sophie's performance as the hotel owner's wife earned her an Oscar nomination and a Screen Actors Guild nomination in 2005. In addition to her increasingly busy onscreen career, Sophie has still found time to remain loyal to the stage by serving on the board of directors at the Royal Court Theatre. - Nell Carter
Nell Carter (September 13, 1948 - January 23, 2003) was a Tony Award-winning American singer and film, stage, and television actress. - Jamaica Kincaid
Jamaica Kincaid (b. Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson, 25 May 1949 in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda) is an Antiguan-American novelist. - William Saunders Crowdy
William Saunders Crowdy (August 11, 1847 - August 4, 1908) was an American soldier, preacher, entrepreneur, theologian, and pastor. As one of the earliest Black Hebrew Israelites in the United States, he re-established the "Church of God and Saints of Christ" in 1896. - Sirak M. Sabahat
Sirak M. Sabahat (born December 5, 1981) is an Israeli actor. He is known for his role in the film "Va, vis et deviens". - Carolivia Herron
Carolivia Herron (born July 22, 1947) is an American writer of children's and adult literature, and a scholar of African-American Judaica. - Yoel Judah
Yoel Judah (born 1956?) is the eldest member of the Brooklyn-based Judah boxing family. He is the trainer and manager of his sons Zab Judah, Daniel Judah, and Josiah Judah. - Bizzy Bone
Bizzy Bone (born Bryan Anthony McCane II on September 12, 1976, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American rapper and former member of the Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. He is probably most known for his diverse vocal delivery, ranging from a soft, high-pitched tenor to a more rugged-sounding, deeper tone. He is also highly regarded for his exceptionally fast flow. His next Major album is entitled A Song For You, … - Yavilah McCoy
Yavilah McCoy, an African-American and a fourth-generation Jew, is a Jewish gospel singer and the founder of Ayecha. - Jordan Farmar
Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an American professional basketball player and starting point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers. He was previously the starting point guard for the UCLA men's basketball team. - Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman (born February 1, 1969) is a prominent American Neo-bop jazz saxophonist who records for Nonesuch Records. Redman, who is both African American and Jewish American, was born in Berkeley, California, to the late jazz saxophonist Dewey Redman and his wife, Renee Shedroff. He graduated from Berkeley High School, class of 1986. In 1991 he graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society. - Tracee Ellis Ross
Tracee Ellis Ross (born Tracee Joy Silberstein on October 29, 1972, in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress. The daughter of singer/actress Diana Ross and Robert Ellis Silberstein; she is best known for her role on the UPN/CW network series, "Girlfriends". - James McBride
James McBride (b. 1957) is an American writer and musician whose compositions have been recorded by a variety of other musicians. - Esti Mamo
Esti Mamo is a leading Israeli fashion model and budding actress. - Jackie Wilson
Jack Leroy "Jackie" Wilson (June 9, 1934 - January 21, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, born in Detroit, Michigan. - Daniel Judah
Daniel Harvey Judah (b. August 8, 1977, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American southpaw professional cruiserweight and light heavyweight boxer. His 26-fight record through April 2007 is: Won 21 (KOs 10), Lost 2, Drawn 3. He is the brother of welterweight champion Zab Judah and Josiah Judah. - Troy Beyer
Troy Yvette Beyer is an American film director, screenwriter and actress. Born in New York City to an African American mother and a white Jewish father, Beyer began her acting career with a role on the children’s program "Sesame Street" when she was just four years old. She studied acting and psychobiology at City University of New York's School for the Arts. After landing a bit part in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Cotton Club" (1984), … - Robin Washington
Robin Washington is an American journalist and filmmaker, born in Chicago in 1956. - Lani Guinier
Lani Guinier (born 1950) is arguably one of the foremost American civil rights scholars in the United States. The first black woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, Guinier's work spans a range of topics, including professional responsibilities of public lawyers, the relationship between democracy and the law, the role of race and gender in the political process, equity in college admissions, and affirmative action.
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