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A rendering of the Holocaust memorial planned for Charlotte, North Carolina, features an evocation of the trains that carried Jews to Nazi death camps and an image of the entrance to Auschwitz. (Courtesy Circle of Humanity via JTA)
June 29, 2026, 4:19 am
In North Carolina, a memorial project will honor Martin Luther King and Holocaust victims
Organizers of Charlotte’s Circle of Humanity say plaza will be first-of-its-kind space for Shoah remembrance, civil rights education and Black-Jewish dialogue
By Andrea Cooper
Reverend Jesse Jackson waves as he steps to the podium during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite/File)
February 17, 2026, 3:11 pm
Rev. Jesse Jackson, US civil rights icon with rocky ties to Jews, dies at 84
Protégé of Martin Luther King, Jr. led Black causes for decades and broke barriers as a presidential candidate; he also had to apologize for referring to NYC as ‘Hymietown’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Black and Jewish chef, writer, educator and food historian Michael W. Twitty sits at the head of the table at an interfaith seder attended by members of the Black and Jewish communities in this undated photo. (Courtesy of Sara Wolitzky)
February 11, 2026, 4:24 am
New PBS series examines bittersweet ties that have historically bound US Blacks and Jews
For Black History Month, docuseries ‘Black and Jewish America: An Interwoven History’ parses what has unified and divided the communities, amid today’s renewed tensions
By Rich Tenorio
A mug shot of Regan Darby Prater, who is accused of burning down the Highlander Research and Education Center, in New Market, Tennessee, undated. (NBC 10 News screenshot)
February 7, 2026, 2:15 am
Alleged US arsonist accused of giving list of Israel-linked individuals to Hezbollah
Regan Prater, charged last year for 2019 fire that destroyed historic Tennessee civil rights center, also indicted for terror over assistance to Iran-backed terror group
By ToI Staff
HBCU administrators in Jerusalem, July 12, 2023. From left - Harold Martin, Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University; Lazar Berman, Times of Israel; Harry Williams, President and CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund; Colonel Alexander Conyers, President of South Carolina State University; David Wilson, President, Morgan State University; and Quinton Ross, President, Alabama State University (Times of Israel)
July 14, 2023, 11:28 am
In Israel, leaders of US Black universities laud partnership with Jewish community
Trip comes after several high-profile incidents that, to many, indicate the Black-Jewish relationship in the US needs urgent work
By Lazar Berman
FILE - Singer and activist Harry Belafonte speaks during a memorial tribute concert for folk icon and civil rights activist Pete Seeger in New York on July 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)
April 26, 2023, 1:12 am
Harry Belafonte, who popularized ‘Hava Nagila’ in the US, dies at 96
Singer and civil rights activist once quipped he was ‘the most popular Jew in America’ due to his rendition of the Hebrew classic
By Lisa Keys
American singer Bob Dylan smiles as he performs during his show at the Colombes Olympic stadium in Colombes, France on June 24, 1981. Dylan’s entire catalog of songs, which spans 60 years and is among the most prized next to that of the Beatles, is being acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group. The deal covers 600 song copyrights. (AP Photo/Herve Merliac, File)
May 29, 2022, 11:29 am
Dylan rerecords ‘Blowin’ in the Wind’ for auction of one disc
Christie’s may get £1m for the single – recorded in Ionic Original, the 1st new analog format in 70 years, which the songwriter’s collaborator calls ‘pinnacle of recorded sound’
By Michael Horovitz
Malcolm X speaks to reporters in Washington, May 1963. (AP Photo/file)
November 17, 2021, 8:36 pm
2 men convicted of 1965 killing of Malcolm X to be cleared — report
Muhammad Aziz and the late Khalil Islam to be exonerated, with prosecutors now saying authorities withheld evidence in the civil rights leader’s killing half a century ago
By AP
Photographer Andrew Feiler at the Carver School in Coffee County, Georgia, working on his project documenting the sites of former Rosenwald schools. (Jim Cottingham/ via JTA)
April 29, 2021, 4:01 am
Jewish photographer makes it his mission to preserve legacy of Rosenwald schools
Andrew Feiler’s book ‘A Better Life for Their Children’ captures the institutions funded by a German-Jewish philanthropist for Black students — which started change in the US
By Dave Schechter
Rabbi Robert Marx in video for the 50th anniversary of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs on June 16, 2014. (Screen capture: JCUA Chicago/ Youtube)
April 5, 2021, 12:58 am
Rabbi Robert Marx, pioneering Chicago civil rights activist, dies at 93
Leading Reform rabbi, community organizer fought racism and discriminatory policies, starting with early marches with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Gabe Friedman
John Lewis, D-Ga., and Norbert Bikales, who was part of the Kindertransport from Berlin to France in July 1939 following the deportation of his parents and brother to Poland, light one of six candles representing the more than six million Jews who were killed during the Holocaust, in a ceremony in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2002. (Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images via JTA)
July 21, 2020, 2:45 am
John Lewis and the Jews: 6 moments that showcase an enduring alliance
From helping found the Atlanta Black-Jewish Coalition to protesting for the release of Soviet Jews, the US civil rights icon was a powerful friend of the Jewish community
By Ron Kampeas
State troopers swing billy clubs to break up a civil rights voting march in Selma, Alabama March 7, 1965. John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (in the foreground) is being beaten by a state trooper. (AP Photo)
July 18, 2020, 9:23 am
John Lewis, rights icon, ‘American hero’ and the ‘conscience of Congress’
Said he’d been arrested 40 times in the 1960s, 5 more as a congressman. At 78, he told a rally he’d do it again to help reunite immigrant families separated by Trump administration
By Calvin Woodward
In this May 10, 2007 file photo, US Rep. John Lewis in his office on Capitol Hill, in Washington (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
July 18, 2020, 7:42 am
John Lewis, US civil rights and Congress icon who built Jewish ties, dies at 80
Lawmaker and activist was beaten by state troopers at Selma, spoke to crowd at 1963 March on Washington; is eulogized by Bill Clinton as ‘conscience of the nation’
By Agencies
Angela Davis at the Pan African Film Festival at Rave Cinemas Baldwin Hills on in Los Angeles, California, on February 17, 2013. (Arnold Turner/Invision/AP)
January 11, 2019, 3:32 am
Members quit Birmingham board that rescinded award to Angela Davis
Officials say Jewish leadership among voices that lobbied for Civil Rights Institute to not honor African-American activist, who has supported the boycott Israel movement
By Ben Sales
A view of a Starbucks shop in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2018. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
May 3, 2018, 2:16 am
Starbucks denies speculation it ‘demoted’ ADL in its anti-bias training
Coffee chain says Jewish group ‘remains a key component’ in efforts to combat racism in its 8,000 retail outlets across the US
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
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