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2016 Activism Gallery Lectures/Workshops
Puffin is proud to announce sponsorship of a diverse selection of courses, workshops, lectures and events exploring New York’s proud activist history at the Museum of the City of New York. Topics include New York’s leading role in Civil Rights, Women’s Rights, Urban Environmental Protest, Art in Activism and more. Read More

Eunice Lipton Book Discussion at Puffin & MCNY
June 2, 2016
The Puffin Foundation is proud to sponsor two events with Eunice Lipton talking about her new memoir about her uncle’s participation in the Spanish Civil War. Join us at the Puffin Cultural Forum on June 24, 7:00pm or see Ms. Lipton at the Museum of the City of NY on Read More

Michael Ratner
May 20, 2016
The Puffin Foundation notes with sorrow the loss of our esteemed colleague and friend, whose devotion to equal justice and human rights led to the bestowal of our highest honor, the Puffin-Nation Award for Creative Citizenship. A highly principled man, Michael Ratner was a warm and caring individual whose life’s Read More

2016 Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill
Fearless, Border-Crossing Journalists Expose Corruption at the Highest Levels: Lydia Cacho (Mexico) and Jeremy Scahill (USA) Win Human Rights Award New York—On Saturday, May 7, 2016, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to journalists Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill. One of Read More

Remembering Mayor Parker
April 27, 2016
The Puffin Foundation and The Teaneck Creek Conservancy offer our condolences to the family of Mayor Lizette Parker. She was a steadfast friend of Puffin and a former member of TCC’s Board of Directors. Lizette had a extraordinary love and commitment to Teaneck. You can read more about Lizette’s remarkable Read More

The Triangle Fire: An Opera in One Act
April 20, 2016
Coming to Puffin on September 11, 2016 at Read More

Professor Moshe Banai shares insights at home and abroad
April 12, 2016
Management expert says ignore the propaganda and stick to the facts JEWISH STANDARD Article by Lois Goldrich April 7, 2016, 3:54 pm Read more: Professor shares insights at home and abroad | The Jewish Standard http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/professor-shares-insights-at-home-and-abroad/#ixzz45caaxc6h What do you do with a master’s degree from Tel Aviv University and Ph.D. Read More

Puffin is proud to co-sponsor Yiddish Theater exhibit now open at the Museum of the City of NY
March 10, 2016
NEW YORK’S YIDDISH THEATER: FROM THE BOWERY TO BROADWAY. MAR. 9–JUL. 31, 2016 www.mcny.org/yiddishtheater From the late 19th to the mid- 20th century, a thriving Yiddish theater culture blossomed on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, entertaining over 1.5 million first and second generation Eastern-European Jewish immigrants. Second Avenue became the “Yiddish Read More

Attn Web Designers: TCC Site Request for Proposal
February 24, 2016
Our neighbors at Teaneck Creek Conservancy are now accepting proposals for a new website design & development. View PDF Read More

Fearless, Journalists Win ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Prize
February 12, 2016
Fearless, Border-Crossing Journalists Expose Corruption at the Highest Levels: Lydia Cacho (Mexico) and Jeremy Scahill (USA) Win Human Rights Award New York—On Saturday, May 7, 2016, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to journalists Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill. One of Read More