The Talmud of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Text study

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Civic Education

Politics

History

Talmud

6 - 7

8 - 12

MLK speech with Jewish texts surrounding in Talmudic form

In a synthesis of Jewish and MLK text study, this resource uses the traditional Talmudic form to view MLK's speeches through the lens of Torah and Talmud wisdom. Use this resource to help students make sense of his words while simultaneously realizing the relevance and compatibility of Torah learning in a Civil Rights context. Furthermore, this resource helps students learn that by bringing diverse lenses together to study one subject, we can unearth a more nuanced and deeper understanding.

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Talmud pages on the following subjects:

The requirement for broad involvement in the world in order to change our nation's values, to fight the forces that are destroying us, and to work for social change on a systemic level
The need to speak up and speak out, to act to make a difference
The importance of listening to and learning from others
The urgency of now

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