NEW YORK (JTA) — A one-page text of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is being made available with commentaries drawn from Jewish sources.
The speech, in the form of a Talmud page, is available at Hillel’s Web page. The page — at www.hillel.org — was created in advance of Martin Luther King Day.
Ex-AJCongress head files anti-bias lawsuit
NEW YORK (JTA) — A former regional director of the American Jewish Congress plans to file an age- and gender-discrimination lawsuit against the group.
Sheila Decter, 63, was fired in November from her position as the group’s New England regional director. Decter already has filed a complaint on the issue with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, according to the Forward newspaper.
Jack Rosen, the president of the AJCongress, told the Forward there is “no basis” for Decter’s complaint.
White supremacists demonstrate in Pa.
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — White supremacists held a rally in York, Pa. Matthew Hale, leader of the World Church of the Creator, spoke Saturday to about 70 supporters inside a city library. While he spoke, riot police separated his supporters and anti-racist protesters.
Witnesses reported minor confrontations in the streets throughout the afternoon. Police said 25 people were arrested, mostly for disorderly conduct.