A well-liked community reverend is planning on opening a Palestinian restaurant on Centre Street. “Bethlehem Cafe will be…serving fan favorites like falafel, hummus and shawarma, as well as Palestinian dishes such as maqluba and musakhan,” said Rev. Ashlee Wiest-Laird, a pastor for First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain. The restaurant at 376 Centre St. in Hyde Square is currently in the construction phase, so it’s got a while before it opens. And when it does,…
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Quietly, Jamaica Plain’s First Baptist Church has been playing a role in the nation-wide “Black Lives Matter” movement. Last month, someone vandalized a large “Black Lives Matter” sign on the church lawn. This week, the sign was stolen entirely, stakes and all, reported Pastor Ashlee Wiest-Laird.
A pastor and minister of music for First Baptist Church were among those who traveled from Boston to Ferguson, Mo. to protest the police killing of Michael Brown.