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Hanukkah lamp/Shabbat candleholder. Probably Vienna, Austria. Approximately 1886-1922. Silver. YU Museum.

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MLK “A true brotherhood of man … in our nation”

In June 1964 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. answered a letter from Paula Pappenheim drawing similarities between the struggle for freedom and equality for African Americans and Jews.  King entreated Pappenheim to join the struggle to inspire a spirit of connection and humanity among all Americans, if not throughout…