http://jvoices.com/2006/11/29/86/ Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:54:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://jvoices.com/2006/11/29/86/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 jspot » Blog Archive » Can We Stand Together on Police Excess? Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:58:32 +0000 http://jvoices.com/?p=86#comment-1718 [...] Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz, a leading scholar/activist on Jews and racial justice, as well as my former co-chair at JFREJ, weighs in on the Sean Bell case over at JVoices. Writing from a rally in Queens where long with her partner she’s one of the few white folks in the crowd: how do we build solidarity beyond our own communities? If we stand up for all Jews we ARE standing up for all races and ethnicities. But why not go all the way: if we stand up for anyone we stand for everyone. The point is how do we remember and act on the primary wisdom of the labor movement: an injury to one is an injury to all. [...] [...] Melanie Kaye-Kantrowitz, a leading scholar/activist on Jews and racial justice, as well as my former co-chair at JFREJ, weighs in on the Sean Bell case over at JVoices. Writing from a rally in Queens where long with her partner she’s one of the few white folks in the crowd: how do we build solidarity beyond our own communities? If we stand up for all Jews we ARE standing up for all races and ethnicities. But why not go all the way: if we stand up for anyone we stand for everyone. The point is how do we remember and act on the primary wisdom of the labor movement: an injury to one is an injury to all. [...]

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