Over two weeks ago, there was a national day of action by the DE-ICE Citizens Bank coalition, an alliance of over 100 grassroots groups active nationally. They coordinate peaceful demonstrations to pressure Citizens Bank...
NY State Senator Gustavo Rivera summed up the ethos of the No Kings movement: “Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something. Do a little bit every day.”
“We need to go back to the Judaism of our prophets,” Maoz told me. “The opposite of what Israel is now. We can’t wait for the prophets. Where is Shalom?”
Clearly, it will be the people who can hold two narratives simultaneously that will lead the fight for change in the “Holy Land.”
A long-time fixture in New York politics and former President of the human rights organization, American Jewish World Service, Ruth Messinger, told me, “I’m here because Torah states we can’t stand idly by. Starvation is not an appropriate weapon of war.”
Greenblatt’s ADL bio asserts that the objective of the ADL is “to secure justice and fair treatment to all.” It’s evident that in his lackluster response to the performance at Madison Square Garden, Greenblatt failed his objective.
“Say it loud. Say it clear. Bibi is not welcome here.”
“They are running out of time. Netanyahu must resign.”
A diverse group of constituents from the Northwest Bronx met with Mayor Bill de Blasio and Council member Andrew Cohen, for a forum that fielded concerns from local schools to the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
"The Jump Rope Line" by Marcia G. Yerman is included in the Seal Press anthology Dancing at the Shame Prom.
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