Tag: #blacklivesmatter
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That Which Heals, Hurts
Here is a long esoteric quote from the weekly Torah portion: God spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: This is the ritual law that God has commanded: Instruct the Israelite people to bring you a red cow without blemish, in which there is no defect and on which no yoke has been laid. You shall give it to Eleazar…
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Yom Kippur Day 5776: “Jews and Race, in Olympia and Beyond”
My friends, we need to talk about race. Three months ago, two African American men were shot by a white police officer here in Olympia. The men were caught trying to shoplift beer at the westside Safeway and, after fleeing, were confronted by a member of the Olympia police. Some form of altercation happened, and the two…
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In the Wake of the Police Shooting in Olympia
I got behind in my usual posting, etc. because of the events in our Olympia community over the past 48 hours: the police shooting of two African American men in the early morning hours. Without getting into the facts of the shooting, it is enough to say that the fact of it happening raised a…
Rabbi 360 