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Martin Luther King, Jr. (AP) Last update - 23:52 21/01/2008 N.Y. Jews commemorate Martin Luther King Day with dozens of events By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Jewish Community  The Jewish community of New York on Monday commemorated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in a manner described by community heads as "exceptional" and "awe aspiring." Close to 50 events and ceremonies were held throughout New York by the city's Jewish community to honor 40 years since the assassination of the civil rights leader. New York Rabbi Mark Schneier, in a conversation with Haaretz on Monday, said that an editor of a weekly widely-circulated among the city's African American community told him the scope of events held by Jewish groups to commemorate the day was wider than in the black community. Advertisement Rabbi Schneier, president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, said that up until five years ago, the Jewish community did not organize as a collective to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Schneier said the community's rising awareness of the significance of this day might have to do with a growing sense among American Jews of the need for a "moral ally" in their struggle against anti-Semitism and intolerance. The Jewish community is eager to be more actively involved in projects that are not directly concerned with Jewish issues, Schneier added. More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Fight club Jerusalem camera catches brutal attack by Jewish teens on Arab youths. Unbrotherly behavior Rights group: Palestinian governments violate human rights in quest for control.   1.   For All The Gangsters and Anti-Semite Hoodlumss 21:49  |  Eli 21/01/08   2.   MLK would have never supported a society 22:31  |  A Black American 21/01/08   3.   A Man of True Integrity 22:38  |  Nephtaly 21/01/08   4.   All the way 23:03  |  Libbe rall 21/01/08   5.   Re: MLK would have never supported a society 23:20  |  JN 21/01/08   6.   To Black American 23:26  |  Miriam 21/01/08   7.   Black American 23:42  |  Danite 21/01/08   8.   Black American 23:42  |  Danite 21/01/08   9.   MLK on Israel`s right to exist 23:43  |  Peace Lover 21/01/08   10.   Martin Luther King Jr 00:08  |  Dov Ber 22/01/08   11.   To #2 00:16  |  David ben Avraham 22/01/08   12.   Black American 00:19  |  Ibn Musa 22/01/08   13.   To: A black American 00:24  |  James 22/01/08   14.   to the Black American 00:44  |  baba lalou 22/01/08   15.   Response to A black American 00:49  |  Bruce 22/01/08   16.   A Black American # 2 _ How Do You Reconcile Your Comments With 00:59  |  Phinias Whoppy 22/01/08   17.   #4 Libbe rall 01:01  |  * BEN JABO 22/01/08   18.   #2- a shallow statement based in ignorance 01:19  |  Bernard Ross 22/01/08   19.   Jews commemorate 01:46  |  Shmuelshachor 22/01/08   20.   Dodah Day! 01:55  |  Abe 22/01/08   21.   response to 4 02:07  |  B. 22/01/08   22.   Black American of NYC...he also would never 02:09  |  Lynn 22/01/08   23.   to the black"American" on #2 02:23  |  Shmuelshachor 22/01/08   24.   #4-2 Libbe Ral 02:48  |  * BEN JABO 22/01/08   25.   how nice 04:07  |  greg 22/01/08   26.   I Would Add for #2 Black American 04:50  |  Laguna Geno 22/01/08   27.   Quotes offered by #5 and others are known fabrications 22:04  |  Tarik 28/05/08

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