Ferguson – The Jewish Federation Community News (formerly Jewish Sound)

January 21, 20150

Don’t compare Ferguson and Palestine

By Kenneth Jacobson, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- The latest strategy being used by those who make a career of assaulting the good name

January 14, 20150

By Maital Friedman NEW YORK (JTA) -- The events of the last few weeks have shaken me to the core. Beyond the devastation I felt over the deaths of

December 11, 20140

By Suzanne Feinspan, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) -- I sat down last week to write about what happened in Ferguson. As I began to write,

November 28, 20140

(JTA) -- Jewish groups called for civil and serious discussion about race, democracy and justice in the wake of the grand jury's decision in fatal s

November 26, 20140

By Rabbi Seth Goldstein, Special to JTNews One of my challenges as a rabbi is to make Judaism relevant across demographics. Part of the cha

October 22, 20140

By Michael Adam Latz, JTA World News Service MINNEAPOLIS (JTA) -- Early last week, national faith leaders called rabbis, pastors, priests and imams

August 26, 20140

By Anthony Weiss, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- On the evening of Aug. 12, after two consecutive nights of clashes between police and protesters in