The day my grandparents’ neighbor betrayed them
In 1951, Jeremy Stern's uncle was shocked to find his reputation ruined due to a pro-Communist Yiddish newspaper that was seen in his parents’ home
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Opinion Roy Cohn and the Shocking Jewish Mentorship That Created Donald Trump
Lurking behind the obvious query of how in the world Donald Trump became an actual candidate for the presidency of the United States, there’s a more basic question: Where in the world did this man come from? How did he become the walking caricature that he is today? One answer that’s frequently given is his…
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The Schmooze The Man Who Wrote ‘Exodus’ While Blacklisted
Those of you still pining for Walter White have some new Bryan Cranston action to look forward to. Behold the first trailer for Trumbo, a biopic about celebrated Hollywood screenplay writer Dalton Trumbo, who defied the blacklist during the 1950s Red Scare. Cranston, of course, plays Trumbo, who while not exactly Jewish, . Trumbo, who…
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Breaking News Judge Unseals Testimony of Ethel Rosenberg’s Brother
A federal judge has ordered the opening of grand jury testimony in the 1950 case of convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of New York last week ordered the unsealing of the testimony of Ethel Rosenberg’s brother, David Greenglass, who implicated his sister as a spy. Greenglass recanted his testimony…
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News 98-Year-Old Red Scare ‘Spy’ Loses Bid To Clear Name
(Reuters) — A 98-year-old retired New Jersey math teacher implicated in a Cold War atomic espionage case lost her bid on Thursday to throw out her conviction, which she called a McCarthy-era injustice. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan ruled that Miriam Moskowitz failed to show that recently released records not available to her trial…
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Haart to Haart
Virtual
Dec 7, 2022
7 pm ET ·
A conversation with Julia Haart and her son Shlomo, stars of Netflix's 'My Unorthodox Life,' about the new season and much more.