Posts Tagged: Martin Luther King
Jews and Slavery Reparations
In The Chicago Tribune, Rabbi Jonah Pesner, Director of Reform Judaism’s Religious Action Center, has offered his prescription for racial healing through reparations for slavery. Rabbi...
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...
On MLK Day, the Future of African-American and Jewish Relations Hangs in the Balance
On this Martin Luther King Day, the future of African-American and Jewish relations hangs in the balance. The explosive controversy around National Women’s March leaders like...
A New York Times Columnist Exploits Martin Luther King’s Legacy to Lacerate Israel
"My conscience leaves me no choice,” wrote New York Times columnist Michelle Alexander on January 20, than to declare that it is “time to break...
Leading American BDS Group’s Conference Minimizes Non-Violence
When Islamists and other anti-Israel groups gather, they've learned to use euphemisms to take the edge off some of their more extreme views. They don't...
Gaza Is Nothing Like Selma
JNS.org – When Hamas organized a “March of Return” on March 30, like the producers of a theatrical production, leaders of the terrorist group and...
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...
Human Nature and the Fight Against BDS
Americans -- including American Jews -- tend to be a practical lot. Given that, could ideas derived from Existentialist philosophy (that French import discussed in...
BDS, Martin Luther King Jr. and Existentialism
Whenever Martin Luther King Day rolls around, both pro- and anti-Israel forces skirmish over King’s legacy, borrowing tropes from the civil rights movement and quotes...
Confronting Antisemitism in America
No one is born hating other people. Yet, tragically, some are taught to hate -- whether in the name of racial purity, religious doctrine, political dogma, ethnic...
How Zionists Helped Destroy Segregation in Baltimore
After a year when Jewish and African-American relations were strained by the Black Lives Matter's denunciation of Israel and other uncomfortable incidents, it’s worth recalling a little-known episode...
Florida State Senate Candidate Calls Out Incumbent Opponent for Meeting With Palestinian Terrorist (INTERVIEW)
A Florida Democratic state senator’s meeting earlier this year with a member of a Palestinian terrorist group was a display of poor judgement that should...
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. – The Man and the Mission
Since 1988, The Simon Wiesenthal Center's Courage to Remember Holocaust exhibit has traversed the globe. Opening in Vienna, on the very street where hordes of Austrians...
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...
