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05 Dec 2014

Eric Garner, Peaceful Protests and Leviticus

Odyssey NetworksDecember 05, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Brad Hirschfield, Daniel Pantaleo, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Grand Jury, injustice, Leviticus, Michael Brown, New York, Peaceful, peaceful protests, Protests, Rabbi, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield, Staten Island, thewisdomdaily.com

This week a grand jury on Staten Island, NY decided not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of 43-year-old Eric Garner. “Whatever you think,” says Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive director of TheWisdomDaily.com, “pick the guy you identify with more and remember the guy you identify with less is every bit as...

20 Aug 2014

Ratchet Down the Ferguson Story

Odyssey NetworksAugust 20, 2014No commentsFaith on the Record Faith on the Record, Ferguson, Michael Brown, Missouri, Rabbi Brad HIrschfield

Unrest continues to simmer in Ferguson, Missouri since the August 9th shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown. According to Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, “We privilege rage over sadness to all of our peril. And we confuse imposing order with building peace between members of different communities.”