Conquering America: Bharati Mukherjee
Bharati Mukherjee writes vivid, sensual, and troubling stories about America’s newest immigrants, Asians like herself. Mukherjee’s early novels spoke from India, the old world she left behind to marry an American. Upon arriving in America she se...
The "Other" Threat: Arab/Muslim Immigrants in Europe
It is said that the world changed forever after September 11, 2001—but this isn't necessarily true for people living in Europe. Most Europeans still consider immigration to be a greater threat than terrorism.
In a subtle-yet-candid manner, The "O...
Interview with Samuel Heilman (2)
Footage from the 1997 documentary “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America” (directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky), the first in-depth documentary about Hasidic Jews, members of a distinctive group within Judaism that has roots in pre-World War...
Gomberg at 82
Gomberg, a Jewish Russian immigrant, looks back at his life, his family, his move to Newark, New Jersey and how he started his family life in America
Interview with Mrs. Deren (1)
Footage from the 1997 documentary “A Life Apart: Hasidism in America” (directed by Menachem Daum and Oren Rudavsky), the first in-depth documentary about Hasidic Jews, members of a distinctive group within Judaism that has roots in pre-World War...