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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 476

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Paul Farber is the creator and host of a new podcast about the Rocky Balboa statue in Philadelphia. (Gene Smirnov via JTA)
February 7, 2023, 3:23 am
Jewish ‘monuments man’ on what Philly’s famous Rocky Balboa statue says about memory
As host of the new NPR podcast ‘The Statue,’ Paul Farber looks into how we carry memories as a collective – learning from a fictitious character’s very real sculpture along the way
By jacob gurvis
Moscow's occupying authorities reinstate a statue of Lenin that was taken down by Ukraine years ago in the city of Melitopol, November 5, 2022. (Twitter: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 5, 2022, 5:57 pm
Moscow reinstates Lenin statue in Ukraine’s Melitopol years after Kyiv took it down
As part of a ‘de-communization drive,’ Ukraine dismantled Lenin statues nationwide after its 2014 revolution overthrew a Moscow-backed regime
By AFP
Sandy Koufax, left, with sculptor Branly Cadet. (Jacob Gurvis via JTA)
June 22, 2022, 11:43 am
Jewish baseball legend Sandy Koufax immortalized with a statue
Koufax’s Jewish identity — and his famous Yom Kippur sit-out — are highlighted alongside his many career accolades during an unveiling ceremony at Dodger Stadium
By jacob gurvis
The empty site of the Anne Frank statue in Buenos Aires. (Netherlands Embassy in Argentina/Twitter)
March 6, 2022, 11:47 am
Anne Frank statue stolen in Argentine capital, likely for value of the metal
So-called ‘bronze mafia’ has carried out multiple robberies in Buenos Aires over recent years; watchdog says it doesn’t believe antisemitism was motive
By Juan Melamed
Britain's Lord-Lieutenant Hampshire Nigel Atkinson unveils the statue of Licoricia of Winchester at The Arc, in Winchester, Hampshire, on February 10, 2022. (JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP)
February 13, 2022, 5:38 pm
Henry III’s murdered moneylender: Statue of Jewish Englishwoman Licoricia unveiled
‘She was a woman in a man’s world, an ethnic minority at a time of great racism and prejudice’; Prince Charles, who has COVID, forced to miss Winchester event; faith leaders attend
By Tobias Siegal
Lena Floerl, 25, a member of a prominent feminist organization, takes part in a so-called 'vigil of shame' in Vienna, Austria on October 6, 2020 (JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
October 9, 2020, 12:17 pm
Vienna mayor who was Hitler’s role model becomes magnet for statue protests
Karl Lueger led city in early 20th century; now anti-racist activists are demanding removal of monument in his honor
By Jastinder KHERA
A bronze statue representing US First Lady Melania Trump made by Brad Downey, a Berlin-based US artist, is erected in her birthplace of Sevnica, Slovenia, September 15, 2020, after a previous one, made in wood, was set alight. (AP Photo)
September 16, 2020, 8:45 am
Bronze Melania statue unveiled in Slovenia after previous one torched
New artwork is replica of wooden original; US artist Brad Downey says work meant to criticize American president’s anti-immigrant policies
By AFP
The removal of a bronze figure of a Confederate soldier known as “At Ready” in Charlottesville, Virginia, September 13, 2020. (Screengrab: The National Desk via Facebook)
September 13, 2020, 2:42 pm
Charlottesville removes Confederate statue near site of 2017 far-right rally
Statue of soldier known as ‘At Ready’ taken down; legal battle continues over statue of Robert E. Lee that neo-Nazi groups said they were defending
By AP
The statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French diplomat who was behind the construction of Egypt's Suez Canal, is seen in the harbor of Port Said, Egypt, on December 22, 1956. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)
July 7, 2020, 7:51 pm
Plan to restore statue of Suez Canal developer stirs debate in Egypt
Some Egyptians condemn proposal to bring back statue of French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, saying it’d be a ‘humiliation’ to those who died building the canal
By Samy Magdy
Red and blue smoke obscures the White House as part of a Fourth of July celebration July 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP)
July 5, 2020, 7:27 am
Disunity on display as US riven by divisions marks independence
Columbus statue thrown in Baltimore harbor, Seattle man plows car into protest, Georgians march against massive Confederate carving, and Trump stokes discord with combative speech
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The Apotheosis of St. Louis, which stands in front of the St. Louis Art Museum in the city's largest park, memorializes the city's namesake, who persecuted Jews. (Wikimedia Commons)
June 30, 2020, 9:04 am
St. Louis archdiocese defends statue of King Louis IX, who persecuted Jews
Missouri city’s namesake presided over notorious public burning of the Talmud and issued order to expel his Jewish subjects
By Ben Sales
The Apotheosis of St. Louis, which stands in front of the St. Louis Art Museum in the city's largest park, memorializes the city's namesake. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
June 27, 2020, 3:21 am
Activists call for St. Louis to take down statue of its anti-Semitic namesake
Monument in Missouri city to medieval French king Louis IX, who expelled Jews, burned Jewish texts, sparks row as statues topple worldwide amid racial justice protests
By Ben Sales
Activists, some wearing face coverings or face masks as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, hold placards as they attend a Black Lives Matter protest in Trafalgar Square in London, June 12, 2020 (Tolga Akmen/AFP)
June 13, 2020, 3:31 am
‘Hijacked by extremists’: Johnson defends history in statue protests; curfew set
PM says wave of anti-racism protests across Britain has been ‘hijacked by extremists,’ as fears mount for clashes between activists and far-right groups
By AFP and ToI Staff
In this photo from December 12, 2018, the statue 'Saul under the Influence of the Evil Spirit' is seen at the North Carolina Museum of Art, in Raleigh, North Carolina. (Karen Malinofski/North Carolina Museum of Art via AP)
December 21, 2018, 7:29 pm
Rare King Saul statue rescued from UK school, covered in glitter, nail polish
Ahead of its display by North Carolina art museum, sculpture of Israel’s first monarch undergoes restoration after years of use as a mascot by pupils at English boarding school
By MARTHA WAGGONER
The president of Poland, Andrzej Duda, center, carries a bouquet of roses toward the waterfront statue commemorating the 1940 Soviet massacre of Poles, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/David Porter)
May 17, 2018, 1:06 pm
Poland’s president meets with US mayor on Hudson River statue removal dispute
Andrzej Duda visits NJ sculpture honoring World War II victims, has ‘straightforward and spontaneous’ exchange with Jersey City leader Steven Fulop, who wants to move it
By David Porter
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