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A night at First AME Church
The first surprise came when I typed 2270 S. Harvard Blvd into my phone, and discovered that it\’s only 4.8 miles from my synagogue, Congregation B’nai David Judea, in the Pico Robertson neighborhood.
Beyond Charleston: All lives matter
As moving as it was to see the national reaction of grief, sadness and outrage at the horrific mass killing that occurred at a Black church in Charleston last week, there was something that bothered me.
ADL raps Michael Oren for stereotyping Obama in new essay
The Anti-Defamation League criticized Michael Oren, Israel’s former ambassador to the United States, for an “insensitive and unjustified” attack on President Barack Obama.
Reflections on the Charleston murders from Berlin: A conscience
I was sitting at the lunch tables yesterday here at the language school in Berlin, checking the news, when I read of the massacre at Emanuel AME in Charleston.
Should a major university system have a particular definition of anti-Semitism?
Two dozen groups, lead by the “AMCHA Initiative,” want the regents to adopt the definition used by the U.S Department of State. UC’s president, Janet Napolitano, has endorsed the idea.
Don’t whitewash Charleston’s troubled racial history
A prominent Jewish Charlestonian’s inspiring response to the massacre last week at the Emanuel AME Church has circulated widely in recent days. Robert N. Rosen’s essay points to the best traditions of life in the city: tolerance, an attentiveness to history, and a powerful sense of place and community.\n
Concern for UC Jewish students: An open letter to the Regents
We are 32 organizations representing hundreds of thousands of supporters who are deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of Jewish students at the University of California.
The value of apology
As the 10th anniversary of the Gaza disengagement approaches, the media in Israel has naturally started looking back on that event.
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