Reflecting on the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom—
50 years ago today
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Reference Services Research Coordinator, Center for Jewish History
Rabbi Uri Miller, president of the Synagogue Council of America, recited a prayer during the March on Washington in 1963. It included:
Thou [G-d] hast endowed all men equally with the rights to live, to liberty…
