Martin Luther King Jr

United against hate: Why Black and Jewish communities in America must stand together

Today, amid a terrifying global resurgence of antisemitism and racism, the memory of the world-changing cooperation between Black and Jewish activists is dangerously fading.

|ByFELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE
African-American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968, centre) among other marchers is Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (far right)
detail view of the Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots logo on a game ball with Levi's Stadium in the background prior to Super Bowl LX between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots on February 07, 2026 in Santa Clara, California.

The Super Bowl ad that got Jewish strength all wrong - opinion

A Super Bowl ad meant to fight Jew-hatred instead showed weakness, missing the moment for true Jewish strength.

|ByDANIEL ‘DONI’ FOGEL
Combat Antisemitism Movement African-American Alliance Manager Dazia Wallerson participating in the "MLK Day with PJ Library & PJ Our Way" event the Rosenbloom Owings Mills JCC, near Baltimore, 2026.

CAM marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day with education and call for unity against hate

“Dr. King’s message was never meant to be frozen in time. It demands ongoing engagement, and moral courage, especially at a moment when antisemitism, racism, and extremism are again on the rise.”

|ByCOMBAT ANTISEMITISM MOVEMENT
Rabbi Hanan Leberman leads attendees at the AJC Global Forum in the singing of Tfila Leshlom Hamedina at the Davidson Plaza in the Old City of Jerusalem in June 2018.

Rabbi barred from San Diego MLK event sparks backlash from Jewish groups

“The decision to disinvite me is, in my view, a disservice to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,” wrote Rabbi Hanan Leberman.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA

Grapevine January 21, 2022: Herzog weighs in on Meron tragedy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
TEDDY KOLLEK in 1955.

Jews, Muslims can walk a common path – Martin Luther King showed us how

The Colleyville hostage crises showed that whether one is Jewish or Muslim, the issue is with extremists – not ideologies.

JANUARY 18, 2022ByEBOO PATEL/JTA, JOSHUA STANTON/JTA
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

'Most arrested rabbi' who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. dies at 92

Civil rights activist and Freedom Rider rabbi Israel “Sy” Dresner died Thursday at age 92.

JANUARY 17, 2022BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy meets with civil rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in the Rose Garden of the White House, Washington, D.C., June 22, 1963

Martin Luther King Jr. left a powerful legacy against hate - opinion

Dr. King devoted considerable effort to strengthen ties between the black and Jewish communities.

JANUARY 15, 2022ByARI MITTLEMAN
US PRESIDENT Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pay their respects this past Tuesday at the crypt of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta.

Zionists helped defeat segregation in Baltimore - opinion

This story began in the autumn of 1946, when the Zionist activists known as the Bergson Group sponsored a Broadway play called 'A Flag is Born.'

JANUARY 12, 2022ByRAFAEL MEDOFF
Child survivors of the Holocaust ride aboard the S.S. Ben Hecht.

Rabbi Robert Marx, who marched with Martin Luther King, dies at 93

Marx was involved in other interfaith work as well.

APRIL 5, 2021ByGABE FRIEDMAN/JTA
MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. (center) marches in Selma, Alabama, alongside Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (second from right)

'I have a dream': Jews and African Americans celebrate freedom together

"It was Dr. King who took the Hebrew Bible and made it a modern liberation manifesto, thereby demonstrating to the Jewish community, the contemporary power of Jewish prophecy and values."

MARCH 24, 2021ByHADASSAH BRENNER
RABBI ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL presents a Judaism and World Peace award to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1965.

Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy alive in Israel

Attack on US Capitol engenders new thoughts on civil rights icon’s calls for peace

JANUARY 18, 2021ByJOSHUA SHUMAN/THE MEDIA LINE
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Hackers shut down synagogue website during MLK weekend sermon by Warnock

Hackers shut down an Atlanta synagogue’s live stream of Senator-Elect Raphael Warnock delivering a sermon to honor Martin Luther King, whose church he leads.

JANUARY 18, 2021ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
Democratic US Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock look on as they appear together at a campaign rally ahead of US Senate runoff elections in Augusta, Georgia, US, January 4, 2021.

Black-Jewish ties make the US better - opinion

The ramifications of the “against all odds” electoral victories for Warnock and Ossoff – who ran as a team, proudly touting their Black and Jewish identities – are profound.

JANUARY 13, 2021ByMARC SCHNEIER
Newly-elected Georgia Senators Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff appear side by side ahead of the January 5 runoff election.