By Ellen Futterman, Editor-in-Chief
• Published October 18, 2020
Webster University and Dance the Vote are partnering on a non-partisan voting initiative to encourage voter registration and participation in the 2020 elections in honor of John Lewis. Congressional representative Lewis' legacy is an essential part...
By Ellen Futterman, Editor
• Published August 14, 2020
I don’t know about you, but I look forward to the day when it will be safe to go back to a theater to see a play or dance performance, hear music or watch a film. In the meantime, here’s a “healthy” alternative: a drive-in movie at the J’s Staenberg...
BY ROBERT A. COHN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EMERITUS
• Published July 22, 2020
The American Jewish community, like the rest of the nation, has lost a dear friend and an authentic hero in the recent passing of Rep. John Robert Lewis. The Georgia Democrat, who began life as the son of sharecroppers and became a towering figure in...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — When John Lewis, the civil rights icon and congressman from Georgia, died at 80 over the weekend, Jews in America and abroad lost an ally of nearly six decades.Lewis never tired of telling folks to “get into good trouble,” to...
