Scripture Reading for December 21, 2013
Torah: Exodus 1:1 – 6:1, “Shemot” (Names …) Haftorah: Isaiah 27:6 – 28:13, 29: 22 – 23 New Testament: Acts 7:17 – 35 Gospel: John 5:45 -46, “Elu ha amantem le moshe.” (If you believed Moses … )
Apartheid Revisited
By RON JAGER-— Helen Keller is probably turning in her grave in response to the sign-language interpreter fiasco at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service. A South African man who acted as a sign-language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service was a “fraud” who simply made “childish hand gestures” and sign language “gibberish” for hours as he…