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Black Lives Matter

an old white man in a suit seated at a microphone
Posted inU.S.

George Soros’ foundation to spend $220 million to support Black groups advocating for racial justice

by Ron Kampeas and JTA July 14, 2020July 14, 2020
Satya Zamudio, 15, is urging Oakland's school board to eliminate its police force. (Photo/Rucha Chitnis)
Posted inOpinion

Inequality in the burbs; Our pandemic reporting; JCCs need new funding model; Jews are safe in Hungary; etc.

by J. Readers July 10, 2020July 10, 2020
"The Influence of Soros," written by the journalist Emily Tamkin, dives into the influence of Jewish billionaire philanthropist George Soros.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Emily Tamkin wrote the book on George Soros. Here’s what she has to say about those conspiracy theories.

by Emily Burack and JTA July 2, 2020July 2, 2020
illustration: a silhouette of a man wearing a tallit and raising his fist in the air
Posted inUncategorized

I’ve been a rabbi fighting racial injustice for decades. But I have not done enough.

Rabbi Sid Schwarz by Rabbi Sid Schwarz June 30, 2020
Judah Benjamin, seen in a photo circa 1860, served as attorney general, secretary of war and secretary of state for the Confederacy. (Photo/JTA-MPI-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Our synagogues’ names are on a monument to Judah Benjamin. It’s time to take it down.

Rabbi Asher Knight by Rabbi Asher Knight June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
A Black Lives Matter sign outside the White House during a protest in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing, June 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Aurora Samperio-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Over 400 Jewish groups and synagogues sign letter supporting Black Lives Matter

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 29, 2020June 29, 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 inLetters

UCSF should keep historic mural; welcoming Jews of color; annexation is a menace; don’t support BLM; etc.

by J. Readers June 26, 2020
Graffiti outside the public bathroom in Blue Rock Springs Park in Vallejo, June 2020. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Swastika, racist graffiti in Vallejo being investigated as hate crime

by Gabriel Greschler June 25, 2020June 29, 2020
Members of the neo-Nazi South African group AWB.(Photo/JTA-David Turnley-Corbis-VCG via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

I grew up a white Jew in South Africa. We cannot sit out today’s fight against institutionalized racism.

Robert Bank by Robert Bank June 22, 2020
Left: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom with Martin Luther King, Jr. and Joachim Prinz pictured, 1963. (Photo/JTA-American Jewish Historical Society via Wikimedia Commons). Right: A gathering to pay tribute to George Floyd, killed by police in Minneapolis, and Adama Traoré, killed by French police four years ago, Toulouse, France, June 10, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Alain Pitton-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inLocal Voice

Let’s not make America wait again — true equality now!

Rabbi Mordecai Miller by Rabbi Mordecai Miller June 15, 2020

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