His talk was covered by the press, including UPN News, New York 1, Court TV, WCBS, The New York Times , Daily News , New York Post , Wall Street Journal , and Jewish Week . President Norman Lamm offered welcoming remarks. Rev. Jackson was introduced by Rabbi Marc Schneier, a four-time YU alumnus who is president, The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, and chair, World Jewish Congress Commission on Intergroup Relations. Rabbi Schneier said the time has come to elevate the struggle from that of civil rights to one of economic rights by promoting social and business interaction between African Americans and Jews. We will identify corporate, business, and communal leaders who will assist in developing mentorship programs, and economic initiatives, and will lend peer support.
Dreamers seek a way and find a place for all under the tent.
Dream busters rationalize ways to lock them out. They work on ways to build walls rather than bridges. Rev. Jackson said the ties that bind blacks and Jews are shared values and suffering, religious values that obligate the two groups' behavior patterns, the threat of fascism, and stereotyping. Nevertheless, economic gaps that divide the rich from the poor must be addressed if America is to remain strong. Structural gaps require structural bridges.