Monday, January 02, 2023

Israel 'Sy' Dresner, 'most arrested rabbi' who marched with Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 92

Some obituary headlines are funnier than others!

This is also a reminder how much the American Jewish community was involved to support the black American cause for legal equality and to end any remaining forms of racial discrimination. Thus it is very sad when even today black American individuals express outright antisemitism!

When I first saw the photo (taken before I was born) below, I thought the man in the middle is Henry Kissinger!

Israel 'Sy' Dresner, 'most arrested rabbi' who marched with Martin Luther King Jr., has died at 92 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Rabbi Martin Freedman (R) and Rabbi Israel Dresner (center), are taken to the Tallahassee city building where they were charged with unlawful assembly after they and ten other 'Freedom Riders' were arrested attempting to eat at the Tallahassee airport in June 1961.


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