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Community Dear Jewish community – here’s what to do now
As protests continue across the United States, we are witnessing at the forefront, a conversation about what the Jewish community relations field has long understood to exist under the surface: systemic racism underlies and permeates our societal structures. Policies such as housing and zoning practices, inequitable school funding, access to early childhood education, differential policing…
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The Schmooze Seth Rogen has one response for those posting ‘all lives matter’
After posting on Instagram in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, Seth Rogen pulled no punches when responding to fans who replied that “all lives matter.” On Tuesday, Rogen posted a stark graphic emblazoned with the movement’s name and captioned “If this is a remotely controversial statement to you, feel free to unfollow me.”…
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The Schmooze Lea Michele apologizes for ‘traumatic microaggressions’
Lea Michele apologized publicly after a former “Glee” co-star, Samantha Ware, accused her of racist behavior on set. Trouble began when Michele condemned police violence after George Floyd’s death. “This is not an isolated incident and it must end,” she tweeted on Friday, expressing support for the Black Lives Matter Movement. On Monday Ware, who…
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News Mayor Eric Garcetti on the George Floyd protests: ‘This is a Jewish struggle’
As protests over racial injustice stretched into another day under the shadow of the enduring coronavirus pandemic, Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles encouraged the city’s Jewish community to increase efforts to address the underlying causes of a fracturing American society. “Be brave. Step up. Step out. Do something. Listen. Learn. Hope. Love. Our current…
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Community Bringing Torah into the streets means fighting for justice
It was Shabbat afternoon and I was in the backyard playing frisbee with my son when a member of my congregation’s security team showed up unexpectedly. “We just received word that all synagogues in the Twin Cities should secure their Torah scrolls,” he said. I was taken aback. “Really?” I asked. I had seen shops…
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News This is what democracy looks like
When 17 students and teachers were gunned down in a school in Parkland, Fla., two years ago, it felt as if it had happened in our backyard. Our kids were only 6 and 7 at the time, but we quickly gave up on hiding what had happened: Parkland is like Greater Boca; there were kids…
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News ‘Dialogue is needed:’ An L.A. city council member speaks out after the protests
Apart from areas of downtown, no other part of Los Angeles has suffered so grievously in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis as the Fifth City Council District. “We have a lot of white people in my district and we have a lot of businesses, some of them high-value targets; there was good…
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News After a night of looting, L.A. store owners ask, ‘Where is the justice for all the business owners they robbed?’
The Beverly-Fairfax district, a center of Jewish life in Los Angeles, was hit hard during the protests that rocked the city May 30 and May 31. Many Jewish stores in the area were vandalized and looted, among them, Ariel Glatt Kosher Market, Mensch Bakery and Syd’s Pharmacy and Kosher market. Some synagogues in the area…
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