that they can create an ongoing regular jewish study group that meets in their home or office, or synagogue, or other jewish organization on a regular basis. >> david, your department? >> in the special needs department, we put everything under this big umbrella. which has a number of different programs. one of which is the regional capacity building initiative, where we work with synagogues, preschools, day schools, within the given region. to kind of build their capacity for kids with special needs. and really open up those communities to families with kids with special needs, in a more inclusive warm way. and also some other various opportunities for treating in inclusive education throughout the bay area. >> you are also among the recipients of the national, slingshot award. from your perspective, what makes each of your organizational structures and offerings innovative and unique to the community? >> thanks for asking. there are two things that i think are unique about what keva does. the first, is that our organization is based around the premise that, for most jews, it is really har

that in many of these municipalities protestors are now in control so they're calling the shots or if a synagogue is attacked once they arrive in power then maybe they have something to do with that oh i think you're stretching you're stretching for a reason to target so far the protesters are so unfortunate maybe i am indeed stretching but i would like to draw one historic parallel ukraine have pretty strong used to have pretty strong ties with libya under the good after regime in ukrainian nurses ukrainian doctors used to worry there and i remember when the events in libya were unfolding there was the narrative was pretty much the same that it's a genuine democratic uprising sure there were some radical forces within the opposition but once they get alfy is ousted those militias will laid down arms they will no longer be part of conventional politics and that obviously didn't happen how can you be sure that those some of those radicals some of those ultra nationalist nationalist forces won't prevail in this quagmire the situation in libya is very different from the situation in ukraine we knew

i felt it in houses of worship whether paying my respects at the tomb in san salvador or a synagogue on the eve of rosh blue mosque in istanbul, or a buddhist temple in bangkok and i felt the compassion of so many faith compassion of so many faith leaders around the world. and i'm especially looking forward to returning to the vatican next month to meet his holiness pope francis whose message about caring for the least of these is one that i hope all of us heed. like matthew, he has answered the call of jesus who said follow me. and he inspires us with his words and deeds, his humility and mercy and mission to serve the cause of social injustice. yet even as our faith sustains us, it's also clear that around the world freedom of religion is under threat. and that's what i want to reflect on this morning. we see governments engaging in discrimination and violence against the faithful. we sometimes see religion twisted in an attempt to justify hatred and persecution against other people just because of who they are or how they pray or who they love. old tensions are stoked fueling confl

of worship, whether paying my respects to the tomb of archbishop romero in san salvador, or visiting a synagoguethe eve of rosh hashanah, the blue mosque in istanbul, or buddhist temple in bangkok. and i felt the compassion of so many faith leaders around the world, and i'm especially looking forward to returning to the vatican next month to meet his holiness, pope frances, whose message about caring for the least of these is one that i hope all of us heed. like matthew, he has answered the call of jesus, who said, "follow me," and he inspires us with his words and deeds, his humility, missionary impulse to serve the cause of social justice. yet even as our faith sustains us, it's also clear that around the world freedom of religion is under threat. and that's what i want to reflect on this morning. we see governments engaging in discrimination and violence against the faithful. we sometimes see religion twisted in an attempt to justify hatred and persecution against other people, just because of who they are, how they pray, or who they love. old tensions are stoked, fuelling conflicts along rel

fortune 100 companies and wall street companies say if you don't believe this is part of your church or synagogueat's her business but at this company, we will recognize people this way. i think that's great and that does happen in that example may cost something but not that much. as a general matter, when you talk about minimum wage and labor standards and trade, i don't think companies are going to be able to do things that hit their bottom line in a major way just because one asks them to do it is the employees or the president. that's how it works but when you have rules and you say no one can just dump their waste in the ocean, that no longer become something they can compete on. they say we are not allowed to and we are competing on the same level and that's what many capitalists like certain types of rules but not too much regulation. they like standard rules that they can understand because that's not an area where they are competing against other companies. host: has the president recovered from the self- professed botched rollout of the health care website? guest: no, i don't think the

houses of worship, whether paying my respects at the tomb of archbishop romero in san salvador or visiting a synagoguen the eve of raasch hashanah, the blue mosque in istanbul or a buddhist temple in bangkok. and i felt the compassion of so many faith leaders around the world, and i'm especially looking forward to returning to the vatican next month to meet his holiness, pope frances whose message about caring for the least of these is one that i hope all of us heed. like matthew, he has answered the call of jesus who said follow me. and he inspires us with his words and deeds. his humility and missionary impulse to serve the cause of social justice. yet even as our faith sustains us, it's also clear that around the world, freedom of religion is under threat. and that's what i want to reflect on this morning. we see governments engaging in discrimination and violence against the faith. we sometimes see religion twisted in an attempt to justify hatred and persecution against other people just because of who they are, how they pray or who they love. old tensions are stoked, fueling conflicts along relig

we're not talking about people meeting in the synagogue, church, or the mosque. talking about in the marketplace here. >> right. >> so we're not talking about people yielding religious beliefs when we're talking about businesses and serving people. you know, this is going backwards. this is just blatant discrimination. and when we, you know, you have those kinds of religious beliefs bumping up against discrimination, you know, in the marketplace -- >> they got to yield. >> that's right. >> and, you know, this is one of the scenarios where, like, citing the founders, when you think about something like the commerce clause, the founders couldn't have understood how intertwined our interstate commerce would be. but they couldn't have predicted that we would have over 300 religions in the united states. it becomes completely untenable for anyone to navigate a public sphere in which any one of us can say i'm a satanist so i believe this or i'm an "x," "y," "z," so i believe that. there are people who say i belong to the church of marijuana, therefore i'm allowed to av

fortune 100 companies and wall street companies say if you don't believe this is part of your church or synagogue, that's her business but at this company, we will recognize people this way. i think that's great and that does happen in that example may cost something but not that much. as a general matter, when you talk about minimum wage and labor standards and trade, i don't think companies are going to be able to do things that hit their bottom line in a major way just because one asks them to do it is the employees or the president. that's how it works but when you have rules and you say no one can just dump their waste in the ocean, that no longer become something they can compete on. they say we are not allowed to and we are competing on the same level and that's what many capitalists like certain types of rules but not too much regulation. they like standard rules that they can understand because that's not an area where they are competing against other companies. host: has the president recovered from the self- professed botched rollout of the health care website? guest: no, i don't think

to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorists to synagogue but the president does calculations saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces but from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people. r.t. . and another nation whose presence looms larger over the continent as china but instead of building up military might beijing has rather aggressively courting african businesses let's now bring in china based writer brendan riley who knows the subject for us brendan very nice to have you here on our seem to national so china is now africa's largest trade partner right rather high but beijing is not going to give up and its interest there right. no well there is a very deep interest. china is now africa's number one trading partner as you said

to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorists to synagogue but the president does this calculation saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces but from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing . the number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and hope people. r.t. . and the editor of executive intelligence review magazine lawrence freeman told us that washington could have found better uses for its money in africa beyond just boosting military defenses. we spent over a billion dollars supposedly in counterterrorism security in the. west africa north africa and we've seen the mali was koppel the year ago we've seen the rise of boko we committed the absolute criminal stupidity of overthrowing president khadafi so how is this security helping look at the central african republic it's been very strongly it doesn't al

to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that their presence even bring the terrorists to synagogue but the president does his calculation saying well this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment or strengthen my security forces but from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot. and number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and hope people policia r.t. . and up next here an aussie international how big drugmakers allegedly profit from illness and five years in the u.k. time from going underground with action that's one thing. i was first state of the city address new york mayor bill de blasio. said that he would put forward legislation for the city to issue special municipal identification cards to undocumented immigrants he summed up his feelings by saying to all my fellow new yorkers who are undocumented i say new york city is your home too and we will not force any of our reside

nationalist we have not seen actions over the ultra nationalist or for that matter even if you submit it could well have killed yesterday as synagogue was attacked in the ukraine it is part of public record. who would who talk to well nobody knows but it was attacked the truth exactly no news made was the who. so it's quite possible these would provoke a tour's well i mean you can argue are about who actually did that but one thing for sure is that in many of these municipalities protesters are now in control so they're calling the shots so if a synagogue is attacked once they arrive in power then maybe they have something to do with that oh i think you're stretching you're stretching for a reason to target to draw the protesters out so unfortunately maybe i am indeed stretching but i would like to draw one historic parallel ukraine have pretty strong used to have pretty strong ties with libya under the good after regime in ukrainian nurses ukrainian doctors used to worry there and i remember when the events in libya were unfolding there was the narrative was between the same that it's a genuine democratic uprising sure there were s

the routine use on him more the zune or saturday it is you the traditional six points difference thinks that if people choose can be to leash without attending synagogues are speaking a particular language. thank you girl. but you can not be a jewish religious activities clean your face especially now. you have to share with others. daniel camp committee to meet religious activist was born in germany as a christian and returned as a young man to do so. a peaceful five. in nineteen thirty eight east german troops from pans and converted to christianity to stay in that seat. he says klinsmann musical so help them to release candidate stuart identity. an international non musician performing to reach this mark then you can then use a canter in the country before movements and go. he writes music programs. the sheets at night cycle events in the first pastoral care daisy stamp act. to conclude in this issue you will see you in the hebrew word pushed any all and for centuries he has been in the next time can interpret biblical passages from the torah. i think it is very heartening that will be praised. he is the meaningful ends. even if it is very strange t

to combat terrorism in afghanistan or anywhere else and the same will happen here in west africa it's likely that the prisons even bring the terrorists to synagogues but the prison does calculations seeing will this will allow me to be a good friend of the united states maybe attract some investment to strengthen my security forces but from the point of view of the senegalese people we risk losing our norful lot is a number of african leaders have expressed concern about the potential militarization of the continent fearful that america's expanding presence will bode badly for africa and her people. r.t. part time now for a very quick snapshot for you here on r.t. international swiss police now are saying it was the copilot behind the hijacking of an ethiopian airlines passenger plane which landed at geneva airport he's now in custody and asking for asylum after taking control of the jet when the captain left to go to the toilet this is a recording of his conversation the suspect had with air traffic control while still in the air. you know you're. more. none of the passengers or crew were hurt and all of now safely left the plane which was suppos

or that group saying it's a violation of my religious principle? well, we respect people's religious principle. do it inside your church, mosque, synagogue. don't bring your bias and discrimination out into the public arena, particularly in regards to the commerce. >> pastor, when it comes to churches because part of this law as i was reading this says it is to consistently try to protect not only businesses, but also churches. so one of the things that one of the legislators were worried about was that in arizona should gay marriage become law there, should churches then be forced to player rei gay couples? what do you think? >> -- to player a gay couples? >> that is not the case here in washington d.c. where we do have same sex unions. churches and synagogues and mosques can do what they have always done. they make that decision based on their own religious convictions, their own theology and so that stays in place because there is religious freedom where a state really cannot impose on the practice of a house of worship or house of faith, but on the other hand, we don't want to say in this society that is pleurallistic that you have pe

respects at the tomb of archbishop romero in san salvador, visiting a synagogue on the eve of rosh hashanah, the blue mosque in istanbul or i felt the compassion of so many faith leaders around the world, i am especially looking forward to returning to the vatican next month to meet his holiness, pope francis, whose message about caring for -- is one i hope all of us he'd. like magic of his answered the call of jesus who said follow me, and he inspires us with his words of peace as humility, his impulse to serve the cause of social justice. yet even as our faith sustains us, it's also clear that around the world freedom of religion is under threat. that's what i want to reflect on this morning. we see governments engaging in discrimination and violence against the faith. sometimes we see religion twists in an attempt to justify hatred and persecution against other people just because of who they are, how they pray or who they love. old tensions are stoked fueling conflicts along religious lines as we've seen in central african republic recently. even though to harm anyone in the name of faith is to diminish our own relati

or climate future along the rockie mountain front. the -- there is no honor in public service. i disagree. i think the greatest human endeavor is service. service to friends, family, church, synagogue, public service most noble human endeavor is service. encourage young folks to take up that challenge. it's more than honorable. it's an obligation to serve. i, you to follow and serve. choose to serve others. for me it has been an honor of a lifetime. i'm lucky. the respect i say for the last time is full faith and the highest in the senate -- i have to say i'm not going anywhere. i'm just taking a trip. maybe for a year or two. across the pay passaic. i'll be coming back. different to be taken. and thank all of my colleagues. i yield the floor. >> at the briefing on capitol hill today, house speaker john boehner told reporters that immigration legislation would be difficult to pass by the end of the year. his comments came while discussing a range of legislative eye tempts that could potentially come up on the house floor in the coming months. here is some of what he said. >> well, i would say a couple things. first of all, we remain optimistic about the prospects for comprehensive