Michael Brown
Beyond Ferguson and Staten Island, So Much Cause for Outrage
Beyond Ferguson and Staten Island, we have so much cause for anger, J.J. Goldberg writes. Let’s not forget the 219,000 people who die every year of poverty.
Feeling That Black Lives Don't Matter
As Jews, we believe that all lives matter. So aren’t we obligated to speak out against the system of violence that led to the killing of Michael Brown?
Ferguson Shows an Unjust System Cannot Produce Justice
It’s too early for anyone to have fully digested the testimony presented to the grand jury in Darren Wilson’s case. But whatever the facts, Jay Michaelson writes its conclusions are already suspect.
20 Rabbis Join Rallies in Ferguson as Anger Keeps Building
Two months after the Michael Brown shooting, protests in Ferguson, Missouri are showing no signs of dying down. And now rabbis are joining the struggle.
Why I Spent Shabbat Protesting Police Brutality
Marching against police brutality may not seem like a traditional Shabbat ritual. But for Sara Gold, there could be no more powerful expression of Judaism.
Rebooting the Black-Jewish Alliance in Ferguson
Cultural Leadership, a program designed to bring together black and Jewish students, is taking concrete steps to revive a historic alliance in the shadow of Ferguson.
Why Jewish Silence on Ferguson Is Not an Option
Rori Picker Neiss, who lives 15 minutes from Ferguson, could easily ignore the violence unfolding in her own backyard. But the Torah and Jewish history command her to do the opposite.
When Thinkers Get It Wrong — And Escape Blame
From those who thought they could democratize the Middle East to conspiracy theorists who deny climate change, this was the year they somehow avoided blame.
April Classical Concerts Turn Cruelest into Coolest Month
A notoriously anti-Semitic poet claimed that April is the cruelest month; all the more reason for Manhattanites to sweeten it with delightful classical concerts redolent with Yiddishkeit. On March 29, the Israeli-American violinist Yuval Waldman will perform “Music Forgotten and Remembered” at Merkin Concert Hall, including such rarities as Mieczyslaw Weinberg’s 1952 “Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes,” and works by two Czech Jewish composers: Gideon Klein, who was murdered at Auschwitz, and “Colloque Sentimentale” (A Chat about Feelings) by Jaromir Weinberger.