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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 473

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Israeli Ambassador to the US Gilad Erdan walks with Bright Star Church Pastor Chris Harris outside the Bright Star Community Outreach Center in Chicago on October 13, 2021. (Christian Harris)
October 19, 2021, 3:34 am
Enough of MLK and Heschel: Israel outreach in Chicago aims to form new narrative
Israeli ambassador visits South Side, where Israel trauma model is used to cope with gun violence thanks to Black-Jewish partnership; notes how alliance can be leveraged by Israel
By Jacob Magid
John Lewis, D-Ga., and Norbert Bikales, who was part of the Kindertransport from Berlin to France in July 1939 following the deportation of his parents and brother to Poland, light one of six candles representing the more than six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust, in a ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2002. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images via JTA)
July 21, 2020, 2:45 am
John Lewis and the Jews: 6 moments that showcase an enduring alliance
From helping found the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition to protesting for the release of Soviet Jews, the US civil rights icon was a powerful friend of the Jewish community
By Ron Kampeas
Sveta Kundish and Daniel Kahn in 'Mentshn-Fresser' (People Devourer) (Photo: Yeva Lapsker)
June 28, 2020, 9:54 pm
‘You poison our innards’: Revamped 1916 Yiddish pandemic song is new YouTube hit
Berlin-based musicians Daniel Kahn and Sveta Kundish exploit parallels to COVID-19 in 104-year-old ballad about disease and injustice by great 20th century US immigrant composer
By Renee Ghert-Zand
American Rabbi Marshall Meyer seen in April 1984. CC BY-SA Wikimedia commons)
June 18, 2019, 12:36 pm
Buenos Aires to honor human rights activist rabbi Marshall Meyer
New York native who worked to revitalize Conservative Judaism in Argentina in 1960s and 70s to be recognized for speaking out against military dictatorship in new city mural
By JTA
Alon Tal
January 30, 2018, 3:11 pm
Alon Tal
The Jewish case for radical environmentalism
Species are being erased, land is eroding, Israel’s carbon footprint is expanding: Where are the rabbis?
Yael Ridberg
January 19, 2018, 3:14 pm
Yael Ridberg
Freedom and justice don’t just happen
The triumph over the tyranny of Pharaoh strengthens our resolve to root out modernity’s plagues and rulers
Illustrative: Leaders in a Vietnam war protest stand in silent prayer in Arlington National Cemetery, February 6, 1968, including Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
From the WebJanuary 15, 2018, 12:58 pm
A mandate of morality on MLK Day
In 2018, the Jewish community is at risk of being indifferent to suffering
By Avram Mlotek and Jonathan Leener
Mayim Bialik at the 67th Emmy Awards in Beverly Hills, California on September 19, 2015. (Lily Lawrence/Getty Images via JTA)
August 15, 2017, 8:35 pm
Mayim Bialik calls out March for Racial Justice over Yom Kippur date
Jewish actress says timing of event on Jewish Day of Atonement is ‘absurd’; organizers say they have no intention to reschedule
By JTA
Belle Jarniewski
August 14, 2017, 3:27 pm
Belle Jarniewski
Charlottesville and moral audacity
It’s time for faith leaders to take action against hate, for in their passivity, fanatics and violence proliferate
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (second from right), marches at Selma with Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Bunche, Rep. John Lewis, Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and Rev. C.T. Vivian. (Courtesy of Susannah Heschel)
January 16, 2017, 10:22 pm
DC Orthodox Jews visit Selma reform synagogue to honor MLK
Group spends Shabbat in city where Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel walked together for civil rights
By JTA
Joshua Hammerman
June 17, 2016, 1:50 pm
Joshua Hammerman
A filibuster of the soul
Political activism is a direct extension of the chaotic way Jews pray, with heart, mind, conscience, and dancing feet
Illustrative: Leaders in a Vietnam war protest stand in silent prayer in Arlington National Cemetery, February 6, 1968, including Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
June 17, 2016, 10:01 am
20 senators urge posthumous honors for Rabbi Abraham Heschel
Lawmakers call on Obama to give Presidential Medal of Freedom to civil rights advocate, friend of MLK
By JTA
Mural of Abraham Joshua Heschel by Solomon Souza in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, February 25, 2016. (Renee Ghert-Zand/Times of Israel)
February 29, 2016, 10:53 am
Young artist turns Jerusalem’s market into gallery of famous faces
Mahane Yehuda comes to life on the Sabbath as colorful murals of historical and contemporary figures appear on shops’ closed shutters
By Renee Ghert-Zand and Luke Tress
Yair Shamir in 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 20, 2015, 1:32 am
Israeli minister blames Iran at Argentina bombing ceremony
In Buenos Aires, Yair Shamir accuses world of indifference as Tehran ‘continues to sow destruction and horror’
By AP
A woman with her mouth taped shut, holds a sign that reads in Spanish; 'I am Nisman' outside the AMIA Jewish community center, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, January 21, 2015 (photo credit: AP/Rodrigo Abd)
March 16, 2015, 4:08 pm
Monthly rallies to be held in Buenos Aires for slain prosecutor
‘Memoria Nisman’ gatherings to be held on the 18th of the month until Alberto Nisman case resolved
By JTA
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