YouTube has the video Bernie Sanders speaks at the 2015 Presidential Justice Forum (11/21/15).

On Saturday November 21, 2015, the 20/20 Leaders of America, along with BET and Facebook, hosted presidential candidates at Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina. The topic was Criminal Justice Reform.

Compare my headline to the headline on YouTube, to the following headline Facebook uses when you post this video on Facebook: Bernie Sanders at Allen University, Columbia, SC (11/21/15).

It is not obvious from the Facebook headline, or the Facebook static picture of the video that they show, that this is a major talk by Bernie Sanders on Justice for the minority communities in this country. I hope my headline will make it clearer that this is an important speech worth listening to.

All people have to do is to hear what Bernie Sanders’ positions are on the issues, and I trust they will make a fair decision on whether or not to vote for him. He isn’t going to get these speeches and explanations out to people through the corporate media. We, the people, have to make sure that the truth is spread rather than be covered up. Each person and each action they take to spread the message is a step in overcoming the tyranny of the corporate media. There is a great amount of power in everybody’s hands if they just recognize the power that they have, and then use that power to change the thinking of the people who don’t have time to dig these newsworthy items up.

When I go to a Bar Mitzvah, I don’t expect to get an education. I only go to join in a family’s celebration of a happy occasion. Today, I got two for the price of one.

I post the comments made by Elie Zimring at his Bar Mitzvah today. If you aren’t as steeped in the Jewish tradition as Elie is, you might want to keep WikiPedia opened in another window.

Elie Zimring is my cousin, a few generations removed.

The excerpt below is from the D’var Torah by Elie Zimring.

Anyway… when I was reading the parsha at my first bar mitzvah lesson, something struck me as strange. Bilhah and Zilpah are responsible for one third of the Jewish people. Bilhah gave birth to Dan and Naphtali, and Zilpah gave birth to Gad and Asher. A lot of the Torah would not happen it wasn’t for them. The Jewish People are what I am a part of & they include every tribe. Maybe I’m descended from Bilhah or Zilpah. But Bilhah and Zilpah are barely mentioned in the Torah, and they’re not remembered by us when we say the Amidah every day. This doesn’t seem fair to me. I think they deserve more attention — and they even deserve to be in the imahot. I decided to learn more about them.

Here are some references that give some context for Elie’s remarks. Parashat Vayetze 5776 and Haftarah for Va-yetzei.

Rawstory has the article ‘Get him the hell out of here!’: Trump sics supporters on black protester who gets beaten and kicked.

It is not enough for us to realize that we don’t like Trump’s politics. We also need to recognize that this man is dangerous. We aren’t going to bring about peace in this world by rousing people to hate. Each of us must be responsible for our actions. If we appeal to the fear and hate in other people, we become as dangerous as the people we currently call terrorists. Trump is trying to quiet the protests by instilling terror into the hearts of the protesters. He will find that many people are too strong to be silenced this way (at least the people who haven’t suddenly become afraid to help Syrian refugees.)

Alan Grayson has sent an email explaining how we can end terrorism.

This letter is a good exposition on how I feel about the current hysteria over Syrian refugees.

Alan Grayson is running for Senator in Florida in the Democratic primary.