“Land that I Love” – New Year, 2020 Here and there is a terrifying tear, the woven cloth is being torn in twain and mutual contempt and disdain are all we have agreed upon this year. At every point there is distressing tugs and no one knows where it began, the unraveling started everywhere and… Read more »
In 1895 anti-Semitic German politician Hermann Ahlwardt came to speak in New York City. Local Jews were very upset and there was political pressure on the police department not to provide Ahlwardt any protection. The police commissioner at the time, Theodore Roosevelt, made sure to provide the visiting speaker with an adequate police escort; he… Read more »
