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Virtual memorial plaques are projected on the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marcin Kozlowski-March of the Living)
Posted inEducation

Hurray for Congress’ vitally needed ‘Never Again Act’

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil June 8, 2020June 8, 2020
Protestors raise their fists during a moment of silence to remember black lives lost to police violence during a peaceful Black Lives Matter protest in Woburn, Mass., June 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jessica Rinaldi-The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Black Americans and Jews of color don’t need another short-term ally — we need you to join our fight

Jordan Daniels by Jordan Daniels June 8, 2020
Protesters march in New York in response to the death of George Floyd. (Photo/JTA-John Lamparski-SOPA Images-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Turning a blind eye to racism allows it to continue

Rabbi Allan Berkowitz by Rabbi Allan Berkowitz June 5, 2020June 10, 2020
People at a memorial service at North Central University in Minneapolis pause silently for eight minutes and 46 seconds in honor of George Floyd, June 4, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Stephen Maturen-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

What I heard at George Floyd’s memorial service broke me

Rabbi Aaron Weininger by Rabbi Aaron Weininger June 5, 2020June 5, 2020
(Graphic/JTA-Emily Burack)
Posted inOpinion

I helped coin the term ‘Jews of color.’ It’s time for a history lesson.

by Shahanna McKinney-Baldon June 4, 2020
Protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota, demonstrated against the death in police custody of George Floyd, May 29, 2020. (Photo/Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How we Jews can use our influence to fight for black lives

by Melanie Roth Gorelick June 2, 2020June 3, 2020
Left: The author’s grandfather, Rev. N.H. Smith Jr., marches with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and others in Birmingham. Right: Protesters attend a demonstration in Las Vegas demanding justice for the death of George Floyd, May 31, 2020. (Photos/Courtesy; JTA-Denise Truscello-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I’m a black reverend whose grandfather marched with King and Heschel. Here’s how white Jews can support black people right now.

Rev. Anthony A. Johnson by Rev. Anthony A. Johnson June 1, 2020
image of capitol building
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

On our JCRC agenda: Strengthening democratic systems, making marginalized communities safer

Tyler Gregory by Tye Gregory June 1, 2020June 1, 2020
Medical personnel in protective suits await the arrival of possible COVID-19 infections at the Molinette Hospital in Turin, Italy, March 26, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Stefano Guidi/Getty)
Posted inLetters

Open the economy; question authority; cancel camp; oppose ethnic studies; respect your rabbi; etc.

by J. Readers June 1, 2020
Clockwise from top left: April Baskin, Anthony Russell, Yitz Jordan and Tema Smith. (Photos/Baskin: Jill Peltzman; Russell: Courtesy Russell; Jordan: Courtesy Jordan; Smith: Courtesy Smith)
Posted inOpinion

‘Believe us’: Black Jews respond to the George Floyd protests, in their own words

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA June 1, 2020

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