Maurice N. Eisendrath
Maurice N. Eisendrath · Civil Rights & Human Rights
President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations who marched at Selma in 1965 and carried a Torah scroll in a 1968 civil rights march with King and Heschel.
1902, Chicago, Illinois, USA — 1973, New York City, USA
New York City; Selma, Alabama
Maurice N. Eisendrath is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations who marched at Selma in 1965 and carried a Torah scroll in a 1968 civil rights march with King and Heschel.
Maurice N. Eisendrath was an American Reform rabbi who led the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. He marched at Selma in 1965 and famously carried a Torah scroll alongside Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel in a 1968 civil rights march. He made social justice central to American Reform Judaism.
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Source: Wikipedia (Maurice Eisendrath); Union for Reform Judaism
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President of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations who marched at Selma in 1965 and carried a Torah scroll in a 1968 civil rights march with King and Heschel.
Source: Wikipedia (Maurice Eisendrath); Union for Reform Judaism
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