Ithaca College

Protest and Prison in Selma, March 1965 with Rabbi Saul Berman, Thursday April 27, 7-9 pm Textor 101
A Jewish perspective on civil rights engagement past and present

Rabbi Saul Berman, a leading Orthodox thinker who was active in both the Civil Rights and Soviet Jewry movements, will recount his experiences in March 1965 in Selma, Alabama. He went to Selma to do voter registration work on behalf of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and to participate in the March from Selma to Montgomery. He was arrested twice during this time. Rabbi Berman will offer a Jewish perspective on civil rights engagement during the Civil Rights movement and in the present.  Sponsored by Ithaca College Hillel and Jewish Studies at Ithaca College.  

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