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Mark Pelavin

Jul 20, 2020, 4:21 PM

4 lessons we can learn from civil rights hero John Lewis

Rep. John Lewis speaks at a news conference in the Capitol on the Voting Rights Advancement Act, Dec. 6, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Homage to the US Democratic congressman who died Friday: He practiced preaching on chickens and had no patience for patience

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Mark Pelavin, the former director of the Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism and associate director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, is a writer and consultant living on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.