Posts Tagged: Martin Luther King Israel
The Moral Clarity of Martin Luther King and His Support for Israel
Arab intentions were no secret by the Spring of 1967. Egyptian troops were massing near the Israeli border on May 15. By the 18th, Syrian...
‘Jew-Free Zones’ at UC Berkeley Law School Are a Warning of Things to Come
Richard Leib, the University of California’s Board of Regents Chair released an unprecedented statement last month in a bid to address what he termed a...
Reverend King and Rabbi Heschel — Spiritual Brothers and Souls
In 1968 in Chicago, two prophetic visionaries -- Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel -- had their first summit. As Reverend King...
Maligning Martin Luther King as an Enemy of Israel
After reading Michelle Alexander’s screed in The New York Times, I'm not sure whether I should be more outraged by the paper’s publication of yet...
Why Intersectional Ideology Undermines the Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
JNS.org - The alliance between African-Americans and Jews during the struggle for civil rights has often been invoked when tensions between the two communities have...
Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Participate in This Year’s Women’s March?
Every year as we approach the weekend honoring the memory of the late Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., I always think about Dr. King’s close...
Linda Sarsour and the Rejection of Martin Luther King, Jr.
On a recent MSNBC news discussion show, left-wing anti-Zionist activist Linda Sarsour claimed: Dr. Martin Luther King warned us about people like Chuck Schumer. He said it...
We Must Call Out Activists’ Antisemitic Bigotry
A good litmus test for the strength of a society is how it perceives and treats its minorities. In the United States, there was no...
Israeli President Addresses Black Christian Leaders in Brooklyn
JNS.org - Israeli President Reuven Rivlin launched his first official visit to the United States on Sunday at Brooklyn's Christian Cultural Center, a predominately...
Martin Luther King Day: Remembering an Early Zionist Protest Against Racism
JNS.org - For American Jews, the birthday of the late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is an occasion to recall the impressive...
Opinion: Martin Luther King Jr’s Bond With Israel
San Francisco Gate - The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. understood the meaning of discrimination and oppression. He sought ways to achieve liberation and...
Dear Stevie – An Open Letter to Stevie Wonder
Please permit me a moment of your time to express our collective dismay and disappointment at your decision to cancel your scheduled performance for an...
Israel Honors Martin Luther King (PHOTOS)
"We, all of us... we humanity, are blessed to have Jacques DeGraff with us as a recipient of this Award. He embodies the...