Israel S. Dresner

Israel S. Dresner
Dresner with Martin Luther King Jr.
Born(1929-04-22)April 22, 1929
Lower East Side, New York, U.S.
DiedJanuary 13, 2022(2022-01-13) (aged 92)
Wayne, New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationRabbi

Israel Seymour Dresner (April 22, 1929 – January 13, 2022) was an American Reform rabbi who was president of the Education Fund for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace. He was repeatedly arrested for his activism in the Civil Rights Movement, and was a friend of Martin Luther King Jr.

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