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From The Archives: How Mayor La Guardia Laughed Off The Nazis
The following article was published on the front page above the fold on July 31, 1935 — five days after the Bremen incident. Berliners Send Protest Of Damaged Swastika Flag On The Bremen Ship To Governor Lehman On July 30, the State Department received an official protest of the Nazi government in Berlin against the…
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From The Archives: America Regrets, No Apologies For The Bremen Demonstration; Germany Experiencing New Pogrom
The following article was published on the front page above the fold on August 2, 1935 — seven days after the Brenen incident. America Regrets, No Apologies For The Bremen Demonstration; Berlin Experiencing New Pogrom Terror State Department Defends Police Answer To Berlin’s Protest — Says German Ship Company Owners Are Guilty Ones Who Were…
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From The Archives: Brodsky Calls Nazi Flag A Pirate Flag; Frees The Bremen Riot 5
The following article was published on the front page above the fold on September 7, 1935 — a little over a month after the July 26 Bremen incident. Brodsky Calls Nazi Flag A Pirate Flag; Frees The Bremen Riot 5 Magistrate Louis Brodsky freed yesterday the five youth who were arrested for tearing down the…
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Trump An Anti-Semite? For Michael Chabon And Ayelet Waldman, Absolutely
“So, now you know,” Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman wrote. “First he went after immigrants, the poor, Muslims, trans people and people of color, and you did nothing. You contributed to his campaign, you voted for him. You accepted positions on his staff and his councils.” In a now-infamous Tuesday press conference, President Trump suggested…
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Broadway’s ‘Indecent’ To Air On PBS’s ‘Great Performances’
Paula Vogel’s “Indecent,” an homage to Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance” that marked her Broadway debut, will air on PBS’s “Great Performances” on November 17. The play was co-created by Rebecca Taichman, whose direction of it won a Tony Award. The production also earned a Tony for lighting designer Christopher Akerlind. Following the awards, the…
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Plays By Tom Stoppard, Mark Medoff Join Broadway 17-18 Season
The 2017-2018 Broadway season isn’t exactly lacking Jewish representation: “Prince of Broadway” and “The Band’s Visit” will anchor the fall’s offerings, and directors like Julie Taymor, Jerry Zaks, and Rebecca Taichman will be helming shows across the Great White Way. Yet there’s always room for more: Playwrights Tom Stoppard and Mark Medoff will both have…
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Third Woman Accuses Roman Polanski of Rape
A woman identifying herself as “Robin M.” accused filmmaker Roman Polanski of “sexually victimizing” her at a press conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, according to a report by USA Today. The new accusation comes as the director is awaiting a decision on a request for the dismissal of the 1977 unlawful sex case that…
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Books I’m Black, Jewish And Gay — And Food Is My Weapon Against Bigotry
I am going back to the mountaintop. In three weeks, I will return to Charlottesville, Virginia. It is not because last Saturday it became the site of an American pogrom. Last weekend dozens of people were injured during violence sparked by the Unite the Right rally and counter-protests. Two law enforcement officers were killed in…
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Art For Better Or Worse, “Nocturama” Is The Movie Of The Moment
During the lead-up to the September 11th terrorist attacks, ringleader Mohammed Atta and at least four other hijackers met multiple times in Las Vegas. Something about this detail seems to stick in the imagination, such that the intervening years have seen considerable speculation as to what they did there, prompting earnest investigations as well as…
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Remembering Arlene Gottfried, Chronicler Of New York’s Humanity
Arlene Gottfried called her grandma bubbie and sang in a gospel choir. The Brooklyn-born photographer, who passed away on Tuesday August 8 at age 66, was a New Yorker to the core. She spent her childhood in Coney Island, then Crown Heights; in the 1990s, she moved to the Lower East Side, where the life…
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Why Charles Jordan’s Death Remains A Puzzling Cold War Mystery
Charles Jordan was known as the “Father of Refugees” for good reason. Through the most tumultuous years of the 20th century, he devoted his life to helping Jews and later Palestinians, Vietnamese and others flee war, oppression and conflict, earning a global reputation for shaping the understanding of refugees and the issues connected to their…
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