by Marshall Dayan | Oct 29, 2018 | Marshall Dayan
With Vicki Schieber, Pittsburgh October 2018 To My Concerned Friends, This past Saturday morning, I was in synagogue, standing next to the Torah. As we were reading of the binding of Isaac, other folks got word of the shooting at Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel...
by Marshall Dayan | May 27, 2015 | Marshall Dayan
Nebraska makes history! The Nebraska legislature, having passed a death penalty repeal bill last week, sustained that repeal by overriding today Governor Pete Ricketts’ veto by a vote of 30-19. This is a huge victory for the national movement to abolish...
by Kathleen Lucas | Oct 23, 2013 | Marshall Dayan
From Marshall Dayan, Board Chair of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty I just learned that the committee on law of the Conservative Jewish movement, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, reaffirmed the movement’s opposition to capital...