7/2/15

Those first two Holocaust Memorials in the US

In Richmond, Virginia, on November 6, 1955:


And the Albert and Sara Reuben Holocaust Memorial in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Post-War Anti-Semitism

The Atlanta Temple bombing in 1958 might have been a game changer. Or, it might have been representative of a dangerous trend.
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Do you guys know this story...?

Such a fabulous portrayal of 1950s Jewish American issues--Philip Roth's "Eli The Fanatic."

(Though, frankly, I'm still partial to this incredible "Conversion of the Jews" which is certainly one of the best short stories of all time.)

It is ON!

Welch's for Pesah? " Welch's Teams With Manischewitz in Battle Over Kosher Grape Juice " (NPR, 10/10/17)