Apr 16, 2021
Lila Mildred Meyers will become a bat mitzvah on May 15, 2021. Lila is the daughter of Mrs. Morgan and Honorable Matthew and big sister of Greyson and Jack Meyers of Creve Coeur. Lila is the granddaughter of Mrs. Judy and Dr. Mark Meyers of Chesterfield and Mrs. Peggy and Mr. Robert Wynne of…
Jewish groups reacted to the verdict on Tuesday of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was found guilty of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd.
Floydâs death on May 25, 2020, touched off massive worldwide protests, violence and an examination of U.S. race relations and police conduct in the last year. The Jewish communityâactive in civil rights and with a long history of black-Jewish tiesâreacted with outrage over Floydâs death, one of a number of high-profile cases nationwide.
Some groups, however, also condemned the riots that erupted as part of riots last spring and summer, including damage that occurred to synagogues and Jewish businesses.
Jewish Ledger
These American Jewish activists are trying to make the Uighur cause another Darfur
By Ron Kampeas
(JTA) – When Rayhan Asat attended a Passover seder last month, its contours seemed familiar and different at once – especially the tradition of leaving a seat empty at the table.
It reminded Asat, a lawyer, of leaving a seat empty for her brother, Ekpar, at her graduation from Harvard Law School in 2016. Ekpar, a member of China’s Uighur minority, had been disappeared by the Chinese government.
Jewish World Watch, an anti-genocide group that hosted the online seder for Uighurs on March 30, suggested that families leave a seat at the seder table for the more than a million people whom China’s government has imprisoned or otherwise disappeared.
The next major Jewish action is on behalf of Uighurs
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Protesters against China s policies toward the Uighurs demonstrate outside United Nations headquarters in New York City, March 22, 2021. The protester in the foreground is wearing a kippah.
(JTA) - When Rayhan Asat attended a Passover seder last month, its contours seemed familiar and different at once - especially the tradition of leaving a seat empty at the table.
It reminded Asat, a lawyer, of leaving a seat empty for her brother, Ekpar, at her graduation from Harvard Law School in 2016. Ekpar, a member of China s Uighur minority, had been disappeared by the Chinese government.
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