From the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, Black and Jewish people marched arm-in-arm. In 1909, W.E.B. Du Bois, Julius Rosenthal, Lillian Wald, Rabbi Emil G. Hirsch, Stephen Wise, and Henry Malkewitz formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). One year later other prominent Jewish and Black leaders created the Urban League. And, African American newspapers were among the first in the U.S. to denounce Nazism. Sixty years ago, 16 Jewish clergy marching in protest for civil rights in St. Augustine, Florida, at the request of Dr. King, were arrested in the largest mass arrest of rabbis in United States history. Using historical context, this session will guide learners through a heartfelt journey of Chevara Orrin and Susanne Jackson's complex origin story, featuring the challenges facing a young, white Jewish woman giving birth to a Black child in a nation soon-to-be reeling from Dr. King's assassination and one year removed from the landmark Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision. Today, with the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Black and Jewish relationships are again at a perilous crossroad and may, as stated by Cliff Albright, co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, “threaten our ability to work together in terms of electoral organizing.” This division also endangers our ability to continue to build thriving cross-cultural alliances. We will examine language, discuss context, and provide strategy. Archival footage and photographs, along with data and articles, will be used to facilitate this session.