Ep. 31: Bamidbar - Census & Identity feat. Katya Gibel Mevorach

The Study

Katya Gibel Mevorach, Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at Grinnell College in Iowa and author of Black, Jewish and Interracial: It's Not the Color of Your Skin but the Race of Your Kin, and Other Myths of Identity joins Raviv and Rabbi Matt to discuss the creation of the census, its historical context and implications, and how the ways in which we talk about identity can be both helpful and harmful.