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Martin Luther King Jr.

Campers at Camp Be’chol Lashon, a summer camp for young Jews of color. (Courtesy Be'chol Lashon)
Posted inOpinion

Work remains to build a more inclusive Jewish community

by J. Editorial Board August 19, 2021

In a 1963 speech in Chicago attended by Martin Luther King Jr., theologian Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel famously described racism as an “eye disease, a cancer of the soul … […]

Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum in 2011. (Photo/Joyce Goldschmid)
Posted inObituaries

SF-born Rabbi H. David Teitelbaum, who marched in Selma, dies at 94

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 10, 2021March 17, 2021
Democratic Senate candidates Rev. Raphael Warnock (left) and Jon Ossoff greet supporters during a rally in Marietta, Georgia, Nov. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Jessica McGowan-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Georgia Senate winner Raphael Warnock: Heschel and King ‘are smiling in this moment’

by Shira Feder and JTA January 6, 2021January 7, 2021
Clarence Jones (right) with Seth Brysk, regional Anti-Defamation League director, at a luncheon in honor of Jones, Dec. 15, 2018. (Photo/Courtesy ADL-Adam Jacobs Photography)
Posted inBay Area

MLK ally to reflect on Black-Jewish relationship in USF talk

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 9, 2020October 23, 2022
From left, Bishop James Shannon, Rabbi Abraham Heschel, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery, Feb. 6, 1968. (Photo/JTA-Charles Del Vecchio-Washington Post-Getty Images)
Posted inMLK Day

Jews of color on what MLK Day means to them in 2019

Ben SalesJosefin Dolsten by JTA, Ben Sales and Josefin Dolsten January 20, 2019January 18, 2019
Rev. Amos C. Brown of Third Baptist Church delivers his annual MLK weekend sermon at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Jan. 12, 2018. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

Swapping pulpits to honor MLK and build a better world

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 17, 2018January 17, 2018
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. preaching from his pulpit in 1960 at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta (Photo/JTA-Dozier Mobley-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

What MLK learned on his visit to Jerusalem

Rabbi Marc Schneier by Rabbi Marc Schneier January 11, 2018January 10, 2018
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLetters, Opinion

Comparing convicted terrorist to MLK is offensive

by J. Readers July 12, 2017
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Once MLK allies, Jews now must stand up for Muslims

Rabbi Marc Schneier by Rabbi Marc Schneier January 11, 2017

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