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Rabbi Israel "Si" Dresner
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Later dubbed "the most arrested rabbi in America," the outspoken Rabbi Israel "Si" Dresner participated in the June 13-16 Interfaith Freedom Ride from Washington, DC to Tallahassee, FL. The son of a B...
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New York Rabbis Arrested in Florida
Rabbi Israel Dresner (left) and Rabbi Martin Freedman of New York are charged with unlawful assembly after their arrest with other Freedom Riders for attempting to eat at an airport restaurant in Tallahassee, FL.
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Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner
On why he became involved in the Rides
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Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner
On value of nonviolence
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Rabbi Israel “Si” Dresner
On Kennedy's racial attitudes
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The Movement
The Freedom Riders represented a cross-section of America - black and white, young and old, religious and secular. "The Freedom Rides were trying to say to America: we are a diverse country - let's act like a diverse country, where every part of the diversity is equal, and is treated equally," says Freedom Rider Rabbi Israel Dresner.
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The Inspiration
Mahatma Gandhi's nonviolent movement to free India from British colonial rule inspired American civil rights activists who had immersed themselves in Ghandi's teachings and viewed non-violence as an effective way to challenge the tyranny of the Jim Crow South.
