Rabbi Capers Funnye

MLK's Impact On Judaism

Shira Hirschman Weiss | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shira Hirschman Weiss

Funnye co-founded the Alliance of Black Jews. Imagine how much harder the rabbi would have had to work to represent the African American Jewish community had there been no King.

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Jewish Voices of Color Must be Heard

David A. Love | Posted 05.25.2011

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David A. Love

As we enter this holiday season, Jews around the world will celebrate Hanukah. The Jewish community is a diverse one, a multicultural and multiracial assemblage, by no means monolithic, representing millions of people throughout the world.

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Rabbi Capers Funnye: President Obama's Cousin!

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rabbi Capers Funnye celebrated Martin Luther King Day this year in New York City at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, a mainstream Reform congregation,...

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Michelle Obama's Chicago Rabbi Cousin

Chicago Sun-Times | Lynn Sweet | Posted 05.25.2011

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Turns out Barack Obama--who has taken pains to woo Jewish voters and donors--has a prominent rabbi in the family. He's Rabbi Capers Funnye, the leader...

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