We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing.
2 Thessalonians 1:3
News to Pray For: January 11, 2008
Justice Ginsburg Talks About Her Heritage and Jewish Advances
WASHINGTON (AP) Ruth Bader Ginsburg says the change in U.S. acceptance of Jews can be seen on the Supreme Court, where two members are Jewish yet their faith played no role in their selection.
Ginsburg, appointed to the court by President Clinton in 1993, is the sixth Jewish justice. Justice Stephen Breyer, named the following year, is the seventh.
Referring to her five Jewish predecessors, Ginsburg said, "We're justices who happen to be Jews. We're not Jewish justices as they were."
Ginsburg spoke at a 100-year-old synagogue in Washington about her heritage and participation in the television documentary "The Jewish Americans" that is airing over three weeks on public television.
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