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A crowd of demonstrators outside New York's Madison Square Garden as they seize a uniformed member of the German American Bund who had emerged from a Bund rally and attempted to enter a taxi, February 20, 1939. (AP Photo, File)
February 23, 2019, 5:21 am
Documentary about 1939 Nazi rally in New York up for Oscar
‘A Night at the Garden’ recalls 20,000 fascist demonstrators massing to demand ‘gentile-ruled United States’ 80 years ago this week
By Karen Matthews
American Nazi supporters seen at a 1939 Nazi rally in New York City's Madison Square Garden, from the short documentary 'Night at the Garden' (screenshot)
February 15, 2019, 9:18 am
Fox News rejects ad for documentary on 1939 Nazi rally in New York
Network cites Oscar-nominated short’s ‘disgraceful Nazi imagery’; filmmaker says it’s a ‘cautionary tale’ against ‘demagogues who attack press, scapegoat minorities’
By JTA and TOI staff
Screen capture from video of the German American Bund rally at Madison Square Garden, February 1939. (YouTube/Field of Vision - A Night at the Garden)
October 16, 2017, 4:40 pm
When a Jewish laborer took on 20,000 US Nazis in Madison Square Garden
Documentary compiles archive footage to recall 1939 German American Bund rally in New York, and the Jew who tried to disrupt it
By Stuart Winer
Sacramento Kings forward Omri Casspi drives to the basket between Minnesota Timberwolves players during the second half of an NBA game in Sacramento, California, on April 7, 2015. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
February 17, 2016, 12:04 pm
Israel’s first NBA player Omri Casspi having breakout season
Forward has been averaging career highs in points and rebounds, as millions of fans at home country cheer him on
By Aron Heller
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate Mass at Madison Square Garden, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, in New York. (AP/Julie Jacobson, Pool)
September 26, 2015, 6:45 am
Pope Francis crowns New York visit with public mass
Pontiff wraps up trip with celebration in Madison Square Garden where 20,000 pack indoor arena to take communion
By AFP
In addition to his pro boxing career, Dustin Fleischer does a bit of modeling on the side. (EMS Photography Studios)
June 23, 2015, 8:09 pm
There’s a Star of David in the eye of the White Tiger
Boxer Dustin Fleischer wears his Holocaust resistance fighter grandfather’s Chai every time he walks into the ring, and in his June 25 fight, he’ll battle for spinal research too
By Cathryn J. Prince
Hundreds of performers, including Frank Sinatra and Edward G. Robinson, helped raise awareness of the Holocaust as it unfolded by joining the cast of We Will Never Die. (Courtesy of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies)
March 9, 2013, 6:52 pm
The first time Hollywood exposed the Holocaust
Saturday marks 70 years since a daring, controversial ‘propaganda pageant’ demanded US action against the genocide
By Matt Lebovic
Israeli-born violinist Itzhak Perlman, left, will perform with Manhattan Cantor Yitzchak Meir Helfgot at Brooklyn's Barclays Center on Feb. 28. (Lisa-Marie Mazzucco via JTA)
February 10, 2013, 4:31 am
New York arena swaps Jay-Z for Jews
After early shows by the rapper and Streisand, the Barclays Center will host one of the largest cantorial concerts in decades
By Chavie Lieber
Sameh, aka SAZ, on the streets of his Ramle hometown (photo credit: Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
November 11, 2012, 4:50 pm
An Arab rapper in La La land
‘I’m the American Middle Eastern dream,’ says Sameh Zakout, aka SAZ, a Ramle boy who dreams about making it big in Los Angeles after his stint on an Israeli reality show
By Jessica Steinberg
Bruce Springsteen with Jewish drummer Max Weinberg in concert. (photo credit: CC-BY-SA, Craig ONeal, Wikipedia)
From the WebApril 9, 2012, 7:51 am
At the Garden, spending Passover with Springsteen
The New York Times: Die-hard Boss fans have their kosher for Passover cake and eat it too on Seder night in NY
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