![]() ![]() On August 28, 1963, a young preacher named Martin Luther King, ascended the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, looked out on the crowd of a quarter million, and began a talk that changed the world:įive score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. May his memory on this his 50th yahrtzeit be a blessing to our nation. ![]() Abraham Joshua Heschel, the great Jewish philosopher, declared that Martin Luther King was the evidence that God has not given up on the United States of America. ![]() It is fitting to return again to Dr King’s prophetic words, in his memory, and as a timely last word for our Pesach. Ironically, it falls during these days of Pesach - our holiday of liberation from slavery and our celebration of human dignity. This week, we commemorate the 50th yahrtzeit of Dr King, the fiftieth year since his assassination. On that occasion, I shared the following sermon with the VBS community. Rosh Hashanah in 2003 marked the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s immortal “I Have a Dream” speech. ![]()
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