The
reasons to choose a community bank or credit union range from getting the same
services at a lower cost to supporting productive investment instead of
speculative trading. But while it’s one thing to think about the qualities that
are important in our banks, it’s another to find particular local banks that
are enacting them. A new tool, called Bank Local, aims to make that process
easier. Bank Local maps every banking institution in the U.S., and uses data
from three federal agencies, plus its own algorithm, to assign them a Local
Impact Rating. Users can type their address into a bar on the site’s homepage,
and find a map and list of how nearby financial institutions compare. Read the
complete article and find the link to the “Bank Local” tool at -- https://ilsr.org/a-tool-to-find-banks-that-invest-in-the-local-economy/
The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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