Eric Garner

ADL: Killing of N.Y. police officers ‘heinous, senseless, shocking’

The gunman, identified as Ismaaiyl Brinsley, threatened to shoot two “pigs” shortly before the killings.

December 21, 2014 4:57 pm

Opinion

Op-Ed: Ferguson and Eric Garner are symptoms of a deeper problem

As beneficiaries of several government programs that have held down the African-American community, Jews have a special responsibility to fight the systemic injustices that hurt blacks, the acting head of AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps writes.

December 11, 2014 12:20 pm

Rabbi Jill Jacobs, Randi Weingarten arrested at Garner protest

Demonstrators recited the Mourner’s Kaddish, and several prominent rabbis and a national teachers union chief were taken into custody at the New York City rally.

December 4, 2014 11:56 pm