Rabbis Recite Kaddish For Eric Garner The protest began at B’nai Jeshurun, a Jewish synagogue on 88th St. After the prayer, Rabbis Sharon Kleinbaum, Jill Jacobs, David Rosenn and Shai Held joined thousands of other protesters who took to the streets Wednesday and Thursday evenings in opposition to[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
FACEBOOK: A middle of the road Seattle liberal bemoans the loss of the once moderate South
Mike James is wearing the Cassandra hat tonight…… The Deep South is gone. For Democrats – as it was for Republicans back when I was learning to drive a car. But those Democrats – back in that other time – crossed political lines to make deals; the new Republicans of the Sou[...]
Remembering a Jewish Hero From The Sixties
Michael Schwerner is one of the heroes we celebrate in our family Haggadah. Now, 50 years after James Earl Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael “Mickey” Schwerner were slain in Mississippi by members of the Ku Klux Klan, Schwermer’s his martyrdom has been recognized by President Obama’[...]
December 1st, 2014 - 7:57 pm § in Uncategorized
St. Louis prosecutor charges cop for hitting suspect with baton
Didn’t need a grand jury for this one: “In the turbulent aftermath of a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson for the August killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the public has once more cast a jaundiced eye at Bob McCulloch, the controver[...]
December 1st, 2014 - 1:04 pm § in Uncategorized
How To Avoid Being Killed By Police
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November 21st, 2014 - 8:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Judge Frees 2 Innocent Black Men After 40 Years In Ohio Prison
An Ohio judge today freed two black men who’ve spent 40 years behind bars for a murder they didn’t commit. They were convicted and sentenced to death on nothing more than the coerced testimony of a 12-year-old boy who merely repeated rumors he’d heard to police. The cops told him t[...]
November 20th, 2014 - 10:59 am § in Politics
GOP Senator Expects Conservatives To Riot Against Immigration Order
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) warned today that President Obama’s executive order on immigration could spark violent riots. “The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it’s going to be a very serious situation,[...]
November 18th, 2014 - 9:53 am § in Israel/Palestine, Religion
Eyewitness Accounts of Massacre in Jerusalem Synagogue
Two Palestinians armed with a meat cleaver and a gun killed four rabbis in a Jerusalem synagogue before being shot dead by police. Israeli police said on Tuesday that three of the people killed by Palestinian attackers in a Jerusalem synagogue were dual U.S.-Israeli nationals and the fourth man he[...]
How NOT to make peace in Palestine
Last night at Drinking Liberally a new friend, Mary, and I had the usual liberal discussion about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. Mary, insisted that the US and Israel are guilty of rejecting multiple offers of peace. I told her that no such offer has been made and that, worse, Hamas insists[...]