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TheGrio's 100: Rabbi Alysa Stanton, the new face of Judaism
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - Alysa Stanton is the first black woman to become a rabbi in any mainstream Jewish denomination...
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Cynthia McKinney on ship seized by Israel
2:28 PM on 06/30/2009
The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists trying to break a blockade of Gaza on Tuesday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the military said. A statement said the Greek-registered freighter Arion ignored a radio message from the Israeli military saying it would not be allowed to enter Gaza waters and ordering it to turn back.
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Reverend Wright forgets that Jesus was one of 'them Jews'
8:33 AM on 06/12/2009
When Reverend Wright spoke about "them Jews" who are keeping him away from speaking to President Obama, he waded into dangerous territory. With those words, he waded into the territory where people go when they want to say something ignorant or offensive about certain groups of people. We've all heard...
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Rev. Wright: "Jews" won't let Obama talk to him (audio)
10:50 AM on 06/11/2009
HAMPTON, Virginia (AP) -- President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, is blaming "them Jews" for keeping him from speaking to the president. The former pastor of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ told the Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia, that he hasn't spoken to Obama...
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To be young, gifted, and black...and Jewish
7:53 AM on 06/09/2009
As a child Tamar Manasseh's favorite prayer was the Sh'ma (pronounced sha-mahh) because she had to cover her eyes to recite it. But as she left home every morning to go to school Manasseh, now 31, had to lose the Star of David pendant on her necklace because it was...
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First black female rabbi says she 'wants to break down barriers' (video)
1:34 PM on 06/08/2009
(AP Photo/Al Behrman) CINCINNATI - Alysa Stanton has become the first black female rabbi. She and thirteen others were ordained by the president of the Hebrew Union College at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday. Stanton grew up in a Pentecostal Christian home but she found her...
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Dems down to the wire lobbying for reform votes
VIDEO - They've made some progress. A fourth Democrat, John Boccieri of Ohio, has switched his vote from "no" to "yes."...
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