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Tony Kushner Puffin/Nation 2011 Creative Citizen Award Winner donates $100,000 prize
December 13, 2011
“American playwright Tony Kushner has donated $100,000 in prize money to the university whose board originally blocked a decision to award him an honorary degree earlier this year. In May, John Jay College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), was initially prevented from honouring Kushner following criticism Read More
2011 Tony Kushner
Winner of the 2011 Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship (formerly the Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship). Tony Kushner Announced as Winner of the 2011 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship November 28, 2011 (New York, NY): The Nation Institute announced today that playwright, screenwriter, and activist Tony Kushner will receive the Read More
2011 Baltasar Garzón
Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) and the Puffin Foundation Announce Major New Human Rights Award Internationally Famed Judge Baltasar Garzón Named First Recipient “Today, the whole world is watching as the people of nation after nation struggle to obtain their freedom from oppressive regimes. Could there be a more appropriate Read More
2011 Honoree Tony Kushner
November 29, 2011
The Puffin Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 Puffin Nation Award for Creative Citizenship, Tony Kushner. ******************************************************************** UPDATE: Nation Institute Tony Kushner Makes the News Posted by Jayati Vora, December 7, 2011 to the Nation Institute Blog Photo: John Munson Neal Rosenstein (left), of the Puffin Read More
Peace Pole Ceremony at Puffin Foundation: Event Photos
November 29, 2011
This ceremony took place Wednesday November 9th at the Puffin Foundation. We have sought to have our voice for peace heard. A world without war is a universal desire by untold millions of people. We have erected a “Peace Pole” on The Puffin Foundation Ltd. property located at 20 Puffin Read More
Letter to the Puffin Foundation from Superintendent Barbara Pinsak
August 31, 2011
A letter to the Puffin Foundation Ltd., from Barbara Pinsak Superintendent of Schools and Teaneck Board of Education August 31, 2011: “Thank you for your generous gift of $6,500 from the Puffin Foundation for computers for the video documentary classes at the middle schools. Thanks to your support of the Read More
Baltasar Garzón Receives ALBA/ Puffin Award
August 10, 2011
Perry Rosenstein (above) President of the Puffin Foundation, Ltd. presented the first ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to Judge Baltasar Garzón of Spain on May 14, 2011. Judge Garzón is a world-renowned hero to the human rights community, in large part because of his indictment and arrest warrant Read More
2012 ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism
August 9, 2011
ALBA is now accepting nominations for the 2014 ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism About the Award: The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives and the Puffin Foundation invite nominations for the ALBA-Puffin International Award for Human Rights Activism. The Award is granted on an annual basis to individuals or organizations whose Read More
Through Others’ Eyes
August 4, 2011
A delegation of brave young Jewish Israeli and Arab Israeli youngsters finished their three-week stay at Camp Shomira in Liberty, NY. Their stay under the sponsorship of Givat Haviva and supported by the Puffin Foundation ended with a photo exhibition titled Through Others’ Eyes at the Puffin Cultural Forum. Read More
Teaneck’s Red Oak Tree
May 30, 2011
The great red oak that has grown for more than 350 years at what is today the intersection of Cedar Lane and Palisade Avenue in Teaneck, NJ will be allowed to die a natural death. Through the efforts of the Puffin Foundation, which provided an undisclosed amount of funding, a Read More