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What Selma means to the Jews

2015-01-20

By: Federation

On: January 20, 2015

In: Opinion

By Susanna Heschel, JTA World News Service HANOVER, N.H. (JTA) — The 50th anniversary of the 1965 march at Selma is being commemorated this year with the release of the film “Selma.” Regrettably, the film represents the march as many see it today, only as an act of political protest.Continue Reading

Jews in Seattle and beyond light Hanukkah candles for racial justice

2014-12-18

By: Federation

On: December 18, 2014

In: Hanukkah, Local News

By Deborah Gardner, Special to The Jewish Sound Against all odds, the struggle prevailed. A miracle followed something terrible. Is this the story of Hanukkah or the story of the Black Lives Matter movement? It’s both, said Jews in Seattle and around the country who on the first night ofContinue Reading