Tag: Martin Luther King
At the Lorraine Motel 50 years later
OCEANSIDE, California –Flying into Memphis last Tuesday, through purple mists and hovering ghosts, the plane reeling from the clouds and rain, I felt Dr King’s sad spirit floating over the grayish Mississippi River, the...
Martin Luther King’s Uncertain Jewish Legacy
In life, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was an outspoken friend of the Jewish people and an admirer of the nascent nation of Israel.
King spoke to numerous Jewish audiences, frequently linking Jewish history...