Martin Luther King Jr. Speech
My Jewish brothers and sisters said to me amid anti-Semitism anywhere, we don’t need your support. We have enough Jewish power to problem ourselves. I would still take a stand against anti-Semitism because it’s wrong, it’s unjust, and it’s evil. If my Catholic brothers and sisters said to me amid bigotry toward Catholics, we don’t need your support in this because we have enough Catholic power to deal with it. still take a stand against bigoted Catholics because it is wrong, it is evil, and it is unjust.
Martin Luther King Jr. Among a Group of Pro-Civil Rights Jewish in the State of Florida Circa 1960
The photo likely depicts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Jewish civil rights activists during his campaigns in Florida, most notably in St.
Augustine in 1964 (not circa 1960, as the major documented arrests and marches with Jewish leaders occurred in 1964).
Did Rabbi Jacob Rothschild Fund Martin Luther King Jr Right Movement?
No, Rabbi Jacob M. Rothschild did not fund the Civil Rights Movement; however, he was a pivotal financial and organizational supporter of specific initiatives.
While he did not provide broad funding for the movement as a whole, he and his wife, Janice, organized and hosted the Atlanta Nobel Peace Prize banquet for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964
The Kings and Rothschilds: Working Together for Civil Rights with Janice Rothschild Blumberg and Nadine Epstein
Janice Rothschild Blumberg and her husband Rabbi Jacob Rothschild, whose synagogue in Atlanta was bombed by white supremacists in 1958, were close friends with Coretta Scott King and Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, working together championing civil rights. Janice Rothschild Blumberg and Moment’s editor-in-chief Nadine Epstein
