Civil Rights Heroes According to Jewish Liberals

#1 Rabbi Heschel – Most important civil rights leader ever! He marched at Selma!

#2 Martin Luther King – Blacks and Jews have a lot in common, because Jews were slaves in Egypt! And Martin Luther King also marched in Selma alongside Rabbi Heschel!

#3 Gandhi – Important civil rights leader in India, even though he did not march at Selma.

#4 Abraham Lincoln – He freed the slaves, but remember, the Civil War was not really about freeing the slaves, it was about slavery, so let’s not overstate his role. Also, not everyone accepts him, because he was a Republican.

#5 Rosie the Riveter – No one quite captures the lifestyle and mores of upper-middle class former gender studies majors quite like Rosie the Riveter. Rosie screams JOFA and Ritualwell like no one else. Remember ladies, ‘We can [pay someone else to] do it!’

The Underappreciated — Ambedkar – Should be on their list, but isn’t. He was an important Indian leader, the champion of the Untouchables. But that’s not why he should be on the list. He should be on the list because he became a Buddhist. And Jews and Buddhists have a lot in common.

Anyway, to all my readers, Happy Rabbi Heschel Day!