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On March 26, 1965 — the day after the famous second march from Selma concluded — Rabbi Maurice Davis issued a special sermon. In it, he shared what he’d witnessed while marching with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other religious leaders. [[READMORE]] 45 years after the march, his grandaughter, Talia Davis, transcribed […]

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A timeline of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s relationship with the Jewish community in the 1960s in the JTA Archive, including the immediate aftermath of his death: Jul. 16, 1961: At closing of European Study Conference in 1961, executive director of the United Synagogue of America dubs King and Gandhi “followers of the […]

First Friday the 13th. Are you scared? Superstitious? Oh c’mon. Friday the 13th isn’t that scary. Granted, it’s produced some unusual Jewish baby stories — but in a good way. [[READMORE]] Flloyd Olson, the Jewish-Nordic Yiddish-speaking governor of Minnesota, was born on Friday the 13th (in Nov. 1891). And almost 150 years later, this heart warming story […]

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