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Activist Rabbi Hertzberg Dies at 84 [3min]

Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, an activist who marched with Martin Luther King, Jr., has died at age 84. Hertzberg, a prominent American historian and civil-rights advocate, also wrote extensively about the Jewish experience. He served as president of the American Jewish Congress in addition to teaching at New York University, Dartmouth and elsewhere. Robert Siegel has a remembrance.
Read entire article at NPR "All Things Considered"