Only In America: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience

Only In America: 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience http://www.onlyinamerica.info/listen 350 Years of the American Jewish Experience en Copyright 2007 The Radio Foundation, Inc. graphicsmac@radioart.org Tue, 03 May 2005 08:25:53 GMT Mon, 21 May 2007 05:41:02 EST graphicsmac@radioart.org The First Jews http://www.onlyinamerica.info/firstjews.shtml Their long climb from poverty to prominence and prosperity in the New World. Mon, 21 May 2007 05:14:02 EST The Streets Were Paved With Gold: A Journey Through The Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 1 http://www.onlyinamerica.info/LES.shtml The Lower East Side: tenements, sweat shops, and labor unions. Mon, 21 May 2007 04:14:02 EST Becoming Americans: A Journey Through The Jewish Lower East Side of New York, Part 2 http://www.onlyinamerica.info/LES.shtml The Lower East Side: The Yiddish Theater and assimilation into American Culture. Mon, 21 May 2007 03:14:02 EST White Christmas: The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood Part 1 http://www.onlyinamerica.info/white_xmas.shtml Jewish Immigrants like Irving Berlin, Harold Arlen, George and Ira Gershwin defined American Popular Music Mon, 21 May 2007 02:14:02 EST Over The Rainbow: The Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood, Part 2 http://www.onlyinamerica.info/white_xmas.shtml Yiddish-speaking moguls created Hollywood, then distilled the American dream, and gave it back to mainstream America. Mon, 21 May 2007 01:14:02 EST No Dogs or Jews Allowed: The Story of Anti-Semitism in America http://www.onlyinamerica.info/NDOJA.shtml Producer and host Larry Josephson narrates this moving account of a dark period in American Jewish History. Sun, 20 May 2007 6:14:02 EST Never Again! A Holocaust Memorial featuring Eli Wiesel http://www.onlyinamerica.info/wiesel.shtml A one hour special that includes Larry Josephson's recent exclusive interview with Elie Wiesel, a holocaust survivor and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on behalf of humanity Sun, 20 May 2007 5:14:02 EST An Interview with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg http://www.onlyinamerica.info/ginsburg.shtml This conversation offers a rare personal look into the life of sitting Justice of the Supreme Court, her struggles against gender discrimination, antisemitism and severe illness. Sun, 20 May 2007 4:14:02 EST A Conversation with Michael Steinhardt http://www.onlyinamerica.info/steinhardt.shtml Michael Steinhardt's life exemplifies one of the themes of ONLY IN AMERICA - those who started with very little and who made it big, often under difficult circumstances. Sun, 20 May 2007 3:14:02 EST A Conversation With Peter Geffen http://www.onlyinamerica.info/geffen.shtml A Conversation With Peter Geffen Sun, 20 May 2007 2:14:02 EST A Conversation with Ambassador John L. Loeb, Jr. http://www.onlyinamerica.info/loeb.shtml Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr., has had a distinguished career in both the private and public sectors. In this interview, John Loeb Jr. brings to life his many ancestors (and other well-known Jewish figures) from the Colonial Times to the Revolutionary War. He also shares some of his challenges growing up in a privileged American Jewish family, including his own experience with anti-Semitism at the elite private school, Hotchkiss, in the 1940's. Sun, 20 May 2007 1:14:02 EST