Jewish organizations mourn passing of Representative John Lewis
Lewis, a member of Congress from Atlanta who had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, was 80.
Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during the second day of confirmation hearings on Senator Jeff Sessions' (R-AL) nomination to be U.S. attorney general in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2017(photo credit: REUTERS/JOSHUA ROBERTS)ByOMRI NAHMIAS