Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg, newspaper publisher and civil right stalwart, dies at 96 Growing up in a newspaper family who owns the New York Times, Holmberg was regarded as an outsider and interloper for her liberal positions as head of The Chattanooga Times and her Jewish roots. April 21, 2017 4:56 am
Rabbi Saul Leeman, who marched with Martin Luther King to Montgomery, is dead at 100 Leeman was the longtime leader of Conservative congregations on Rhode Island and in Massachusetts, and helped found a Long Island synagogue. April 13, 2017 4:15 pm
Ideas As allies of Martin Luther King, Jews must fight for the civil rights of Muslims When the civil rights of any community are compromised, Jews must speak out, writes the president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. January 9, 2017 12:10 pm
Writer Calvin Trillin dishes about civil rights, Judaism and the art of reporting By Curt Schleier June 26, 2016 2:55 pm
Ideas Op-Ed: Why the Western Wall deal is a victory for now, but not forever By Debra Bennet February 8, 2016 2:06 pm
In shadow of Ferguson, group builds ties across racial and cultural lines By Anthony Weiss August 22, 2014 11:36 am
50 years later, rabbis jailed in civil rights protest return to St. Augustine By Dina Weinstein June 24, 2014 3:54 pm