The Statue of Liberty Was Never Meant to Welcome Immigrants
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In part 2, Schwab and Yael explore how Emma Lazarus transformed the Statue of Liberty into a symbol of immigration. As Russian Jewish refugees arrived in New York, the privileged Sephardic poet left literary salons for Ward’s Island, fought antisemitism, advocated for Jewish self determination, and wrote “The New Colossus.” They explore her famous words added to the statue…
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