This is the Forward’s coverage of the Black Lives Matter movement for racial equality.
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Opinion The #BlackLivesMatter Haggadah
Sarah Quinter The Haggadah insists on being relentlessly current, asking that each year we read ourselves and our struggles into the ancient saga of the Jewish exodus from Egypt. So it’s not altogether surprising that a few young Jewish writers, primarily Jews of color, have compiled a #BlackLivesMatter Haggadah Supplement for the organization Jews for…
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Opinion It’s Time for Black Jews To Lead
The #BlackLivesMatter movement has reverberated throughout the country, as protesters from Ferguson, Missouri, to New York have taken bold action to assert the rights, dignity and full humanity of Americans who have been systematically targeted for abusive policing: communities of color still lit by the brutal afterglow of centuries of legal discrimination and violence. The…
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News Inside the Heads, Hearts and Yarmulkes of Jewish Cops
Rabbi Gary Moskowitz served on the New York City Police Department for nearly a decade, during which he worked as an undercover narcotics cop and patrolled Times Square. Still, he says that many people could never fully grasp the idea of a Jewish police officer. Moskowitz remembers chasing down a mugger near Columbus Circle in…
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Opinion Why Jewish #BlackLivesMatter Activists Should Take Back Seat
The Black Lives Matter movement that has erupted in the past few months in response to the killing of unarmed African-Americans — the most well-known of whom are Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice — has struck a deep chord with Americans of all races and backgrounds. As the protests continue, more and more…
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