Leah Garrett
By Leah Garrett
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Film & TV Why a show about ‘The Godfather’ is the best Jewish TV right now
‘The Offer,’ a miniseries on the making of Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece, emphasizes Jewish resonances in an iconic immigrant tale
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Culture How an elite group of Jewish refugees helped to defeat the Third Reich
X Troop played a crucial role in the D-Day landings and killed, captured and interrogated their way across occupied Europe all the way into the heart of the Third Reich
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Culture With the unveiling of a Jewish veteran’s headstone, another rare act of bravery
Last Sunday, I attended an extraordinary Zoom ceremony in Manchester, England, that marked the placement of a Star of David headstone in remembrance of a Jewish WWII veteran, Kurt Goldschlager, who had been buried under a cross. The military ceremony was led by Rabbi David Lewis and included a range of Jewish veterans in full…
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Community I resigned from the CUNY union because of its antisemitism
Last week, with deep regret, I resigned from my union— the Professional Staff Congress of the City University of New York (PSC-CUNY) — due to its antisemitism. I joined the union when I became a professor of Jewish studies at Hunter College in 2018. I was extremely proud to do so, as union organizing was…
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Art Happy 100th Birthday to Mad Magazine’s Al Jaffee
Editor’s Note: This article was published originally on February 21, 2016. We are revisiting it on the occasion of Al Jaffee’s 100th birthday. On a snowy February afternoon, Al Jaffee, my childhood hero, invited me into his well-lit studio in Midtown Manhattan. The walls were covered with his drawings, images from Mad Magazine and a…
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Culture Al Jaffee Explains How Mad Magazine Made American Humor Jewish
Editor’s note: Mad magazine will soon be coming off newsstands and will stop publishing new content. DC Entertainment announced Wednesday that starting after issue 10 there will be no new content except for year-end specials. We are republishing this article from 2016 in honor of the magazine’s legacy. On a snowy February afternoon, Al Jaffee,…
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