Martin Luther King Jr

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.

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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.
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard sits next to CIA Director John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Kash Patel, on the day they testify at the House Intelligence Committee hearing about worldwide threats, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 26, 2025.

How Gabbard's 'hunters' pounced on secret CIA warehouse for Kennedy files

DNI officials caught the CIA off guard to seize assassination files on JFK, RFK, and MLK. The trove was transferred to the National Archives for release.

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THEN-US PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy ride through Dallas moments before the president was assassinated on November 22, 1963. The president strongly supported Israel, though the ties were complex, says the writer.

John F. Kennedy remembered: 62 years since the assassination that shook the world - opinion

November 22, will mark 62 years since an assassin’s bullet ended the life of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as his motorcade was traveling through the streets of Dallas.

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Reverend Jesse Jackson bows his head in prayer on the Edmund Pettus Bridge to commemorate the 60th anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' in Selma, Alabama, U.S., March 9, 2025.

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson hospitalized, under observation for PSP

US civil rights icon Jesse Jackson, 84, is hospitalized with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare brain disorder confirmed last year. He had previously been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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

The quote is absent from a Stanford University list of quotes by King regarding the subjects of war and peace.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

President Biden to give sermon at Martin Luther King's church in Atlanta

President Joe Biden is delivering a sermon at Martin Luther King's church and is expected to announce his intention to run for reelection in the next few weeks.

JANUARY 15, 2023ByREUTERS
US President Joe Biden speaks in Statuary Hall on the first anniversary of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, January 6, 2022.

Boston dedicates monument to Martin Luther King, local Jews march in solidarity

Antisemitic incidents and sentiments are on the rise and several recent episodes have especially challenged Black-Jewish relations.

JANUARY 14, 2023ByPENNY SCHWARTZ/ JTA
A PERSON passes by a mural of Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington, DC, last January.

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.

JANUARY 8, 2023ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
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.

Actress Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek's trailblazing Uhura, dies at 89

Nichols, whose fans included Martin Luther King Jr. and a young Barack Obama, "succumbed to natural causes and passed away" on Saturday night, her son, Kyle Johnson, wrote on Facebook.

AUGUST 1, 2022ByREUTERS
Actor Nichelle Nichols, who played the character Uhura in the original "Star Trek" TV series, poses at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, Calfiornia August 5, 2012.

Honoring the late Coretta Scott King – a supporter of Israel

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

APRIL 27, 2022ByDR. RUTH PAULINE PLUMMER
Coretta Scott King shares a moment with Rev. Suzan D. Johnson Cook during King Commemorative Service in Atlanta in 2005

Presbyterian Church senior official: Israel commits 'slavery' against Palestinians 

"The continued occupation in Palestine/Israel is 21st-century slavery and should be abolished immediately," wrote the Presbyterian Church's Stated Clerk, Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Nelson, II.

JANUARY 21, 2022ByMICHAEL STARR
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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