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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.

DC synagogue members visit Selma temple to honor Martin Luther King

Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of the Orthodox National Synagogue said the group came to “educate ourselves about the civil rights movement” in the Alabama city.

Black activists wore kippahs in the ’60s – now ‘freedom caps’ are back

Jewish salesman Marc Daniels hawked commemorative kippahs at the recent Selma march anniversary.

Ideas

Op-Ed: What Selma means to the Jews

Culture

From the Archive: In Selma, sold-out yarmulkes and Shabbat behind bars

United States

Echoes of Selma: Angeleno recalls Alabama summer of ’65

United States

A half-century later, rabbis recall marching with Martin Luther King

Lifestyle

Jews of Selma struggle to save historic temple

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