Israel S. Dresner

Israel Seymour Dresner (April 22, 1929 – January 13, 2022) was an American Reform rabbi. He was president of the Education Fund for Israeli Civil Rights and Peace. He was an important person in the Civil Rights Movement and a close friend to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. Dresner was once called "the most arrested rabbi in America." 

In December 2021, Dresner announced that he was diagnosed with terminal colon cancer. He died from the disease on January 13, 2022 in New York City, at the age of 92.‘Most Arrested Rabbi’ Israel Dresner Dies At Age 92

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