Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. & the Jewish Community
Many people are familiar with the story of Jewish support for the American civil rights movement, but this history has another side—
one that has not been fully told until now.
“Outlines a compelling image of relations between the two communities…. In Shared Dreams, Rabbi Schneier reiterates our commonality, as upheld by Martin Luther King, Jr., and fuels the reader to continue to work for the advancement of race relations among all God’s children.”
—from the Preface by Martin Luther King III
Shared Dreams brings to life the impressive, surprising, and long-neglected history of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s efforts in support of the Jewish community. This is a story that sheds new light on the commitment and the relationship between the Jewish and African-American communities as they have struggled together to fight for justice and civil rights in our nation, and our lives.
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Book details
- Author
- Marc Shneier
- Imprint
- Jewish Lights, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Religion › Judaism
- Topics
- Martin Luther King Jr. · civil rights movement · African American history · Black-Jewish relations · religion and social justice · American history
- ISBN-13
- 9781580232739 (Paperback)9781683365099 (Hardcover)
About the author
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER is the Founding Senior Rabbi of The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, Long Island, established in 1990, and co-founder of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. His books include Sons of Abraham: A Candid Conversation about the Issues that Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims and Shared Dreams: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Jewish Community.
Schneier has received the Kelly Miller Smith Ecumenical Award from the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the NAACP Martin Luther King, Jr. Measure of A Man Award, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. In 2009, he was inducted into the Martin Luther King Jr. Board of Preachers at Morehouse College.
When not writing, Schneier serves as president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a nonprofit focused on improving Black–Jewish and Muslim–Jewish relations. This work is central to both his books.
Marc lives in New York.