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BAMAH Campus:
Building Bridges Between
Black and Jewish Communities
Our signature program places leading artists from Israel on university campuses for semester-long residencies, with a special focus on Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Collaborating closely with students and faculty, they facilitate transformative cultural exchange on campus and beyond.
Through strategic partnerships with HBCUs, BAMAH Campus brings artists from Israel to teach accredited arts courses, lead workshops, and present performances over the course of a semester.
We seek to elevate voices of artists from communities that are often underrepresented, including Mizrahi, Ethiopian, LGBTQ+, and other groups.
For students and faculty, it’s a rare chance to engage in meaningful dialogue and creative collaboration with artists from Israel.
These encounters expand perspectives, deepen empathy, and build lasting bridges between Black and Jewish communities.
Campus Reflections
“Programming like BAMAH’s provides students with the opportunity to immerse themselves into foreign cultures, fostering meaningful discussions about the similarities and differences in our values, beliefs, and upbringing. These conversations are necessary in shaping a world where we don’t stereotype and assume things about other cultures.”
Senior HBCU student
“Bamah is doing innovative, important work that is path-breaking in its introduction of Israeli artists to American audiences. Its work deserves to be supported and strengthened.”
Faculty member,
partner university
“Our students and community benefited in countless ways from [the artist's] generous engagement, and we all continue to be inspired and artistically challenged by her. If the goal ... is to create bridges, I would like to affirm your success.”
Faculty member,
partner university
“Growing up, I didn’t have many Jewish people around me, so when I moved to Connecticut and attended a high school with more Jewish students, I noticed that many of them weren’t used to Black people, and many Black students weren’t used to Jewish people. Being able to come together, find common ground, and understand both our struggles and differences helped create a deeper connection… In a time when so many forces are trying to divide us, it’s more important than ever to have programming like BAMAH that builds community, changes perspectives, and stands against hate.”
Junior HBCU student
“BAMAH has given us a way to discuss Israel, Palestine and the US and has not allowed us to ignore conflict and complicated conversations, but we can engage in discussion in a way that is palatable because it is through art.”
Faculty member,
partner university
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