• Episode 7: The Houses We Live In

  • Jul 11 2024
  • Length: 50 mins
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Episode 7: The Houses We Live In

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  • In post-war America, Bess Myerson became the first Jewish woman to win the Miss America competition, but she confronted bigotry and exclusion far more daunting than any pageant. Meanwhile, changing demographics of urban neighborhoods and the emerging civil rights movement led to unprecedented tensions between American Jews and African Americans in New York.

    Featuring: Kristen Fermaglich, Pamela Nadell, Britt Tevis, Jonathan Greenblatt, Jerald Podair, Charles Isaacs, and Glen Harris

    Narrated by Mark Oppenheimer

    Written by John Turner and Lincoln Mullen

    This series is made possible with support from the Henry Luce Foundation and the David Bruce Smith Foundation.

    Antisemitism, U.S.A. is a production of R2 Studios at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University.
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