Media
Judaism Unbound Podcast: Episode 329 - Workshopping Judaism
June 2022
I joined Dan Libenson and Lex Rofeberg for a conversation exploring big-picture questions of Jewish art, along with specific questions about The Workshop.
Kendell is
“The New Jew”
November 2021
I was featured in an episode of limited Israeli docuseries, “The New Jew” - a primetime series that foregrounds and explains the experiences of American Jews to the Israeli population. In this episode, the host, actor-comedian Guri Alfi, speaks with a host of individuals (myself included) on the term “Jews of Color.”
Art, Craft, and
Social Change
July 2021
I was so fortunate to spend some time with the creative team behind Lauren Gunderson’s play, The Catastrophist. Commissioned, written, performed, and filmed over the course of the pandemic, we covered a wide range of topics from creative practice to the science of pandemics to racial representation in Jewish stories and so, so much more…
From left: William DeMeritt, Lauren Gunderson, Jasson Minadakis, Nathan Wolfe, Kendell Pinkney
Adia Alli, Katherine Lee Bourné, Ashley Crowe, Ciera Dawn, and Tiffany Renee Johnson in “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” by Jocelyn Bioh, directed by Lili-Anne Brown in 2020 at the Goodman Theatre. (Photo by Liz Lauren)
American Theater Magazine - The Familiar and the New: Teaching Black Plays in Jewish High Schools
March 2021
In a recent American Theater Magazine feature, I spoke with my Exploring Black Narratives co-director, Lonnie Firestone, about the power of teaching plays written by contemporary Black playwrights to address broader issues around race, justice, and inequity in more nuanced ways.
Unholier than Thou
Anti-Racism & Anti-Semitism.
July 2020
What a time these past months have been, to say the least. On the bright side, I had the chance to speak with “Unholier than Thou” host, Phillip Picardi about being caught in the middle of two crucial American conversations: the fight against racism and the fight against anti-Semitism. Also, the inimitable Rabbi Sandra Lawson and organizer Shekhiynah are featured on this episode.