Check out this new educational resource developed from 2006-2009 by Corrine Lightweaver, Sasha King and the Jewish Multiracial Network for rabbis, Jewish educators, philanthropists, activists, and lay people.

Ashkenazi Privilege Checklist:

___ I can walk into my temple and feel that others do not see me as outsider.

___ I can walk into my temple and feel that others do not see me as exotic.

___ I can walk into my temple and feel that my children are seen as Jews.

___ I can enjoy music at my temple that reflects the tunes, prayers, and cultural roots of my specific Jewish heritage.

___ I can easily find greeting cards and books with images of Jews who look like me.

___ I can easily find Jewish books and toys for my children with images of Jews that look like them.

___ I am not singled out to speak about and as a representative of an “exotic” Jewish subgroup.

___ When I go to Jewish bookstores or restaurants, I am not seen as an outsider.

___ I find my experiences and images like mine in Jewish newspapers and magazines.

___ My rabbi never questions that I am Jewish.

___ There are other children at the religious school who look like my child.

___ My child is never questioned by adults or children about whether he or she is Jewish based on skin color.

___ People never look at me and say “But you don’t look Jewish” either seriously or as though it was funny.

___I am never asked how I am Jewish on Jewish dating websites or dating events.

____I can arrange to be in the company of Jews of my heritage most of the time.

____When attempting to join a synagogue or Jewish organization, I am sure that my ethnic background will not be held against me.

___I can ask synagogues and Jewish organizations to include images, and cultural traditions from my background without being seen as a pest.

___ I can enroll in a Jewish day school, Yeshiva, and/or historically Jewish college and find Jewish students and professors with my racial or ethnic background.

___I am not discriminated against in the aliyah process for being a Jew of a different ethnicity.

___I know my ethnic background will not be held against me in being called to read the Torah.

___ I know my racial or ethnic background will not be held against me if I attempt to join a minyan in prayer.

___ I do not worry about being seen or treated as a member of the janitorial staff at a synagogue or when attending a Jewish event.

___No one at my synagogue will attempt to assign me to a ethnicity to which I do not belong. (Example: Assuming all Jews of African descent are Igbo or Ethiopian).

___ I do not worry about access to housing or apartments in predominately Jewish neighborhoods.