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2016 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship
December 21, 2016
Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, is the winner of the 2016 Puffin/Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship. Stevenson is a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated, and the condemned. Under his leadership, the EJI has Read More
Puffin Foundation honored by NJ Peace Action as Peace Site of the Year
December 1, 2016
You can view the award ceremony and the statement read by Jules Orkin, Puffin Peace Fellow, here: Read More
A disturbing look at the resurgent paramilitary movement in Mother Jones. Another piece of investigative journalism supported by the Puffin Foundation
October 27, 2016
I went undercover with a militia on the US-Mexico border. Here’s what I saw. “I crawl out of the back of the pickup with my rifle in hand. “Keep your weapons nice and tight,” Captain Pain orders. I am traveling light. Unlike the others, I don’t view southern Arizona as Read More
Rosenberg Sons on 60 Minutes
October 15, 2016
Sunday, October 16, 7:00pm CBS (channel 2 in NJ) “The sons of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg tell Anderson Cooper what it was like to be the children of infamous Communist spies during the McCarthy era, in a story that sheds new light on one of the most dramatic espionage cases 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
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
