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Ohio Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival

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Moral Monday, August 4th at noon in the Capitol Rotunda.

Join us as we gather to build the Moral Movement of The National Call for Moral Revival. I fast when I'm seriously prayin', join me from wherever you are starting at 8pm Sunday evening and continuing for the following 72 hours.

Matthew 6:16-18 - “And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others."

An open letter to President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff

I have no idea what kind of human being you are. What kind of conscience do you possess that doesn't tremble at the sight of children starving in Gaza? No child should ever have to endure such brutality. No parent should have to cower in despair, knowing they cannot protect their children or provide for them. Kids go to sleep not knowing where the next meal comes from or if they will live another day.

You appear to the world with a cold face, denying famine and claiming there is no crisis there. But Gaza doesn't need your affirmation, Mr. Witkoff. Gaza is soaked in blood and tears and runs out of space for new graves. The images we receive daily on our screens are not rumors. The cries of mothers are not Hamas propaganda and children going to sleep without food are not numbers in a fake report. What you said is shameful, disgraceful, and lacks human decency.

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Not in Our Name!

Details about event

Sunday, August 3, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Franklin County Municipal Court, 375 S. High Street, Columbus 43215

Join Central Ohio Jews for Justice and interfaith partners and community organizations to observe the traditional day of mourning, Tisha b’Av. Sunday, August 3rd from 4 - 5 pm, 375 South High Street. We will gather outside the Franklin County Municipal Court which is allowing ICE agents into the court. We will be mourning the destruction enacted on our neighbors by our own government, and hearing from our partner organizations including calls to action. United States anti-immigration forces are carrying out campaigns of terror in the name of Jewish safety, which makes all of us less safe.

We speak out against the false use of Jewish safety to justify unjustifiable violence, from the destruction of Gaza to threats against our immigrant neighbors. Optional RSVP - link below - if you will be attending and would like to stay in touch for future events.

RSVP or send questions to Centralohiojewsforjustice@gmail.com.  

No, Nuking Cities Did Not Save Lives

It’s oddly encouraging that the New York Post had to bring up its kookiest rightwing propagandist on Friday

Kill The Messenger

44 French youth removed from Spanish flight for disruptive behavior

Forty-four minors and eight adult French passengers were kicked off flight V8166 from Valencia to Paris on July 23 for what Spanish police and the airline described as unruly behavior, according to AP story.        
 
Spokesperson said the passengers were removed after the minors repeatedly tampered with the plane’s emergency equipment and interrupted the crew’s safety demonstration. A Civil Guard spokesperson said the plane captain ordered the group’s removal at Valencia’s Manises Airport after they repeatedly ignored crew instructions.
 
Two French ministers condemn 'excessive use of force' after Jewish youths were removed from a flight. The minister however, met with the CEO of the Spanish low-cost airline Vueling and the Spanish ambassador to France to determine whether the youngsters had been discriminated against on the basis of their religion.
 
According to eyewitness account, the group of students were removed from a flight for chanting anti-Palestinian slogans and it's a reminder that inciting hatred has real consequences.

Israel, Listen to Rabbi Berger

“Judaism is to do justice and to have mercy and to walk humbly with God; and all the rest is commentary and of secondary importance”.

So wrote Rabbi Elmer Berger, a leading Jewish thinker of the 50’s and 60’s, who opposed what he called Israeli-style “Jewish nationalism”.

Another renowned Jewish thinker, Arthur Koestler, warned that Israel was becoming “a nasty little Sparta”.

This past week, much of the rest of the world, sickened by the mass slaughter and destruction in Gaza wrought by Israel, joined in calls for creation of a Palestinian state. This obvious solution to the agonies of five million stateless Palestinian refugees would be a start to making whole one of the world’s largest refugee problems. Over 147 nations have recognized the Palestinian state. But until now, the United States, France, Britain and Germany have refused to heed the cries of the savagely abused Palestinian refugees.

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