Jewish groups call for civil discussion on race following Ferguson decision

Jewish groups called for civil and serious discussion about race, democracy and justice in the wake of the grand jury's decision in fatal shooting of an unarmed African American teen in Ferguson, Mo. The Jewish Council for Public Affairs in a statement issued on Wednesday affirmed its support for peaceful demonstration and called for "locally led serious, civil and hard conversations on race, opportunity, and representative democracy in America today."



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