Martin Luther King Jr.

Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. as supporters rally in Paris

A Paris court convicted Le Pen and two dozen National Rally (RN) party members of embezzling EU funds last week.

 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen waves to the crowd, during a rally in support of her in Paris, France, April 6, 2025.
 MIRI BEN-ARI with members of the Symphony of Brotherhood choir.

Israeli violinist Miri Ben-Ari to perform in New Jersey on MLK Day, promoting unity 

 Bishop Glenn Plummer addresses hundreds of African American Christians at a march on Martin Luther King Street on July 26, 2023.

Honoring MLK: Black Christians march in Jerusalem

DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Ohio Police Dept. decorates car with quote falsely attributed to MLK


Biden to attend services at Ebenezer Baptist Church for MLK weekend

Ebenezer Baptist Church is most well-known for having been presided over by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1960 until his death.

 US Senator, Reverend Raphael Warnock is displayed on a screen as people gather outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church to view a commemorative service to mark Martin Luther King Jr Day in Atlanta, Georgia, US, January 17, 2022.

Yael Deckelbaum launches new record 'What about the women'

Veteran singer-songwriter winds up over six years of marching and music with a new album.

 Yael Deckelbaum - songs with a powerful global sociopolitical message.

Honoring the late Coretta Scott King – a supporter of Israel

Opinion: "The Kings' love for Israel ... inspires our work in the Holy Land now."

 Coretta Scott King shares a moment with Rev. Suzan D. Johnson Cook during King Commemorative Service in Atlanta in 2005

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.

DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Black History Month: We must renew black-Jewish brotherhood - opinion

We have known and felt more than the cold chill of chains and the searing crucible of bondage.

RABBI ABRAHAM Joshua Heschel with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King and the Jews

I cannot imagine Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. approving of the way Jews are being treated in today’s America.

Prof. Abraham Joshua Heschel presents the Judaism and World Peace Award to Martin Luther King Jr. on December 7, 1965.

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.

Newly-elected Georgia Senators Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff appear side by side ahead of the January 5 runoff election.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Jerusalem

Dr. King is often remembered by his famous speech, “I have a dream…” Jerusalem is a city built by dreamers.

Prof. Abraham Joshua Heschel presents the Judaism and World Peace Award to Martin Luther King Jr. on December 7, 1965.

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr. - an exemplary leader

When King spoke, he praised Israel as an “oasis in the desert.” He lauded the Jewish people for assisting the blacks in the early years of the century and now.

They came to assist Martin Luther King, Jr. in registering African Americans to vote: Peter Geffen and Mickey Shur.

Raphael Warnock: 'Heschel and King ‘are smiling in this moment'

Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel made the news Wednesday morning when Raphael Warnock, the Democrat who won one of two Georgia Senate elections Tuesday, invoked the rabbi during an interview on CNN.

Democratic US Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock greets supporters and staff as he enters his campaign headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, November 3, 2020

Joseph Lowery, American civil rights leader, dies at age 98

Lowery was a key ally of Martin Luther King in the US civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Reverend Joseph Lowery (C) walks with former president and then-senator Barack Obama (R) and others during a march commemorating the 1965 Selma-Montgomery Voting Rights March in Selma, Alabama, March 4, 2007