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Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Marc Schneier NEW YORK — Over the past two years, the phrase “Black Lives Matter” has embedded itself into the consciousness — and conscience — of America. The hashtag #BlackLives Matter emerged in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and quickly became ubiquitous on social media. In the more than two years since, Black Lives Matter has morphed into a social movement, as thousands of people of diverse backgrounds turned...

Fox 5 New York By Audrey Puente Jason: This should thumbnail of video in link NEW YORK (FOX 5 NEWS) – This Sunday a very special concert will take place at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park City. Soul to Soul is a cross cultural exploration of African-American and Yiddish music presented by the national theatre Folksbiene. Musical director Zalmen Mlotek says this concert is about community building. The program is in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, who supported civil...

The Jewish Daily Forward Nathan Guttman Hours after news broke of the shooting in San Bernardino, California, a group of Muslim community leaders gathered at a press conference to deliver a harsh condemnation of the deadly attack carried out by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik. The activists were members of the Los Angeles chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an organization that has emerged as the most prominent voice of American Muslims fighting Islamophobia and calling for multi-faith...

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency By Uriel Heilman November 23, 2015 NEW YORK, NY – MAY 17: Robert Kraft attends the UJA-Federation Of New York Sports For Youth 2016 Luncheon at The Roosevelt Hotel on May 17, 2016 in New York, New York. (Photo by Steve Mack/Getty Images) Patriots owner Robert Kraft will be in the stands this Sunday to see if his New England Patriots can win a sixth Superbowl. But in Jewish circles, Kraft may be almost as well-known for his generosity and devotion to Jewish and...

NY1 Members of the city’s Jewish and Muslim communities came together over the weekend in a show of solidarity against extremism and bigotry. They gathered Sunday at the Brotherhood Synagogue in Gramercy. The annual event is sponsored by the nonprofit “Foundation for Ethnic Understanding”. “Brotherhood is still the hope of the world and it is the hope of brotherly cooperation that has brought us here together,” said Rabbi Daniel Alder of Brotherhood Synagogue. “Jews...

Huffington Post By Rabbi Marc Schneier Ever since the ISIS-inspired terrorist attacks in Paris, replete with horrendous media images of remorseless killers remorselessly gunning down scores of concert goers while intoning ‘Allahu Akhbar’ (God is great), we have heard a growing drumbeat in the media by influential opinion makers that America should lead its Western allies in a War of Civilizations against Islam and Muslims. Ironically, but not coincidentally, that is the same message that ISIS is...

Saphir News By Hanan Ben Rhouma Des imams, des cadres musulmans et des militants associatifs se sont retrouvés boulevard Voltaire, à Paris, non loin du Bataclan, lundi 16 novembre, pour déposer des fleurs en hommage aux victimes des attentats terroristes trois jours plus tôt. Une trentaine de personnes, dont une grande partie sont des imams de mosquées situées dans la région parisienne, ont fait le déplacement. Les manifestations étant interdites par les autorités, « on ne pouvait pas inviter les...

CNN By Ben Wedeman and Pete Wilkinson (Jason: the image above should link to the video in the article) Paris (CNN)Muslim leaders gathered at a makeshift memorial in Paris on Monday to pay their respects to those killed in terror attacks and warn members of their community against joining ISIS. Several of the attackers are believed to have been French nationals who traveled to Syria to join ISIS. According to the French interior ministry, France is the largest source of European jihadis in Iraq and...

ChEEK Magazine By Myriam Levain Deux jours après les attentats de Paris, la militante de l’interreligieux Samia Hathroubi appelle à la mobilisation de tous les Français, quelle que soit leur communauté. Interview. Samia Hathroubi, 30 ans, professeure d’histoire de formation, a fait du dialogue entre juifs et musulmans l’un de ses principaux combats. Tous les jours, cette spécialiste de l’interreligieux intervient dans des débats et conférences à travers l’Europe sur les questions d’identité et de...

PBS News Hour NewsHour special correspondent Malcolm Brabant speaks to a TV producer, multi-faith campaigner and dean of the American Cathedral Paris about how the city’s residents are coming to terms with the tragic events of Friday. Read the Full Transcript WILLIAM BRANGHAM: Newshour special correspondent Malcolm Brabant is also in Paris and files this report about a city trying to come to terms with tragedy. MALCOLM BRABANT: Forty eight hours on, Anne Sophie de Chaisemartin is trying, but not...