At 87, activist rabbi Arthur Waskow is still protesting — and still getting arrested Not since Abraham Joshua Heschel marched with Martin Luther King in Selma in 1965 has an American rabbi been as indelibly associated with the fight for justice.
Brooklyn synagogue pulls its money out of Chase bank to promote climate change. Will others follow suit? Congregation Kolot Chayeinu may be the first synagogue to use "values-driven investing" to promote its environmental agenda.
Waskow arrested at poverty prayer on Hill Rabbi Arthur Waskow was arrested at a prayer protest in the U.S. Capitol to bring attention to proposed budget cuts to programs for the poor.
