Phillip Ratner, sculptor whose work tells immigrants’ stories at NYC landmarks, dies at 86
The Washington-area artist’s bronzes adorn the museums at Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty
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Culture Isaac Bashevis Singer’s return to Ellis Island, in never-before-seen photos
The day Isaac Bashevis Singer returned to Ellis Island was “a beautiful, cold day,” said the photographer Robert A. Cumins. Singer, who was born in Poland, had first set foot there in 1935 as a refugee fleeing antisemitism. Nearly half a century later, in 1979, he returned with a delegation of international Jewish leaders brought…
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Culture Giving Voice To Jewish Characters In Children’s Literature — A Conversation with Lesléa Newman
When I was a little girl attending public school in northern New Jersey, I would get excited every time I saw a Jewish person represented in a story. Growing up on a steady diet of Dr. Seuss, “The Black Stallion” and “A to Z Mysteries,” I noticed that there were hardly any Jewish characters in…
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Culture To Preserve Sounds of Immigrant America, Ellis Island Museum Seeks Yiddish-Speaking Volunteers
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. The Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration has, in its database, more than 8,780 sound recordings from the early 20th century both by and about people considered to be “outsiders” in the United States. Included in that group were immigrants. Now, the Museum is trying to make…
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Israel News The Fight to Save the ‘Ellis Island of Israel’
Jaffa – In 1932, a German Jewish judge named Kurte Tuchler traveled to British Mandate Palestine as an emissary of the German Zionist movement. After landing in the Jaffa port, he entered the new terminal building, erected the year before as the gateway for the thousands of Jewish immigrants who would make their way to…
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Breaking News Statue of Liberty Reopens on July 4 — Ellis Island Still Shut Since Sandy
The Statue of Liberty will re-open on July 4 after being closed for eight months due to damage incurred from Hurricane Sandy, but Ellis Island remains closed. The national monument has been largely off-limits to the public for more than a year and a half. After undergoing a $30 million renovation for much of 2012,…
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Breaking News Ellis Island Stays Closed Indefinitely From Sandy
After an extended closure due to Hurricane Sandy, fittingly, the Statue of Liberty will re-open on July 4. However, there remains no firm projection of when Ellis Island will be open to the public. A National Parks Service representative said that they are still analyzing infrastructure repairs on Ellis Island before making a decision. Senator…
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News Ellis Island Still Closed After Sandy
Ellis Island, the historic point of arrival in the United States for more than 12 million European immigrants, has been closed since Hurricane Sandy hit New York Harbor on October 29, and the damage to its museum and other landmark structures will cost millions in repair expenses and lost income. The National Park Service, which…
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