Martin Luther King Jr.

This rabbi made history in the civil rights era, I had to tell his story - opinion

Since his jail time in St. Augustine, Rabbi Secher has dedicated his life to tikkun olam, repairing the world.

|ByROGER RAPOPORT/JTA
Allen Secher was ordained by Hebrew Union College in 1962.
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

MLK was clear: Anti-Zionism is antisemitism - opinion

The question is not what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would say today – he already told us. The question is whether we are prepared to listen.

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

Trump releases Martin Luther King Jr. assassination files

The US Justice Department on Monday released more than 240,000 pages of documents related to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., including records from the FBI.

|ByREUTERS
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen waves to the crowd, during a rally in support of her in Paris, France, April 6, 2025.

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.

|ByREUTERS

Marching on Washington from a Jerusalem movie house

With Martin Luther King Jr. Day coming up on January 21, the writer looks back to a different time.

JANUARY 10, 2019ByDAVID GEFFEN
DR. MARTIN Luther King, Jr. addresses the crowd from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, during the March on Washington on August 28, 1963.

Letter from America: RFK’s finest moment

Fifty years later that speech, which unfolds like the movements of a quartet written in the key of compassion and understanding, stands in stark contrast to the discourse we find in the public square today in the United States and around the world.

JUNE 5, 2018ByMICHAEL M. COHEN
Robert F. Kennedy sits alongside the motorcade in this 1968 file photograph.

Getting Martin Luther King’s message across

The More than Music troupe brings students to the table with the civil rights leader.

JANUARY 20, 2018ByBARRY DAVIS
The Colorado-based More than Music troupe.

Putting sexual assault into perspective

There is a huge difference between merely making a verbal pass at someone and physically molesting them.

NOVEMBER 6, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Israeli magazine profiles 22 female victims of sexual assault on International Womens’ Day

Hating Israel means Hating the Jewish People

MARCH 3, 2017ByDOVID BEN-MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

Grapevine: Begin’s legacy-Love and be loved

Begin's 103rd anniversary of his birth was honored by the chairman of the National Council for Research and Development.

AUGUST 14, 2016ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu walks in front of a poster depicting the late prime minister Menachem Begin, upon his arrival at the Likud party’s headquarters in Tel Aviv in 2010

The Content of One's Character

JULY 20, 2016ByDAVID PFEFFER
The Jerusalem Post

Another Misused word in the War of Words Against Israel: Apartheid

APRIL 18, 2016ByDOVID BEN-MEIR
The Jerusalem Post

Dream Fulfillment

DECEMBER 11, 2015ByELI KAUFMAN
The Jerusalem Post

MLK, tokenism and the rebound of Jew hatred

Dr. King’s message teaches us that we can only be satisfied when all human rights are obtained – not just a few.

JANUARY 21, 2015ByCHLOE VALDARY
STEPHEN SOMERSTEIN talks about a photo he took during the famous 1965 Selma to Montgomery, Alabama march, at the New-York Historical Society on January 14.. Somerstein was a 24-year-old college student when he photographed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the march from Selma to Montgomery.