(JEWISH NEWS SYNDICATE) — Martin Luther King Jr. “heard scripture’s command to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly,” U.S. President Joe Biden said.
In his proclamation ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, held this year on Jan. 15, U.S. President Joe Biden cited a much-quoted verse from Jewish scripture, which is read as the Haftorah accompanying the Torah portion of Balak and is the source for the word tzniut, Hebrew for modesty or discretion, particularly when it comes to behavior or attire.
Reflecting on King’s “life and legacy,” Americans “recommit to honoring his moral vision on the path to redeeming the soul of our nation,” Biden stated. King, who was born into a racially segregated America, “had every reason to believe that history had already been written and division would be our nation’s destiny,” he added. But “King rejected that outcome.”
