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among African Americans. The author
calls upon previously unpublished
material and interviews with those
who marched with King in the 1960s
to make his points.
Stanley Levison, who graduated
from the University of Michigan, is
described as King's most trusted white
friend. Levison, an attorney, became
King's tax and business consultant,
speechwriter and most important
fund-raiser.
"I think Dr. King had a universal
message, a message of civil rights,
human rights and freedom, and it was
not necessarily for the black commu-
nity," says Schneier, president of the
New York Board of Rabbis and a par-
ticipant in President Clinton's inau-
• "The ethic of Judaism is integral
to my Christian faith. In the
Jewish prayer book, I find words
which express the essence of the
Christian hope and promise."
• "I should like to add my voice
to the list of distinguished
Americans of all faiths who have
called the injustices per-
petrated
against the
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PREFACE BY MARTIN LUTH - R KING III
attention of the world.
The Jewish people must
be given their full rights
as Soviet citizens.
• "How could there be
antisemitism among
Negroes when our Jewish
friends have demonstrated
their commitment to the
principle of tolerance and
brotherhood not only in
the form of sizable contri-
butions, but in many other
tangible ways, and often at
great personal sacrifice?"
gural White House Conference on
Race Relations.
"In terms of supporting issues that
were of concern to the Jewish people,
it was a natural step for him. The issue
of Israel, for example, also is an issue
of freedom — freedom of expression
and worship and freedom to return to
one's land."
Schneier, his family's 18th-genera-
tion rabbi, heads an Orthodox syna-
gogue whose congregation includes
Conservative and Reform members.
Besides his involvement in Jewish-
black initiatives, he has worked hard
at establishing stronger ties among
Jews of all persuasions, most recently
as president of the North American
Board of Rabbis.
"I've always wanted to galvanize
• "Without overlooking
the towering differences
between the Negro and
Jewish experiences, the
lesson of Jewish mass
involvement in social and
political action and educa-
tion is worthy emulation."
• (On Rabbi Abraham Joshua
Heschel) "All too often the reli-
gious community has been a tail
light instead of a head light. But
here and there we find those who
refuse to remain silent behind the
safe security of stained glass win-
dows, and they are forever seeking
to make the great ethical insights
of our Judeo-Christian heritage
relevant in this day and age. ...
Rabbi Heschel is one of the per-
sons who is relevant at all times,
always standing with prophetic
insights to guide us through those
difficult days."
—
Suzanne Chessler
SIMPLE.
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15 MINUTES
King On The Jews
In his new book, Shared Dreams,
Rabbi Marc Schneier presents
many statements by the Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr. to show
King's attitudes toward the Jewish
community. Here are excerpts:
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