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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

And, you know what's interesting about both of those, and I write about this in the book,...

And, you know what's interesting about both of those, and I write about this in the book, that, again, they're both symbols of carnality, right?

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And, you know what's interesting about both of those,
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and I write about this in the book, that, again,
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they're both symbols of carnality, right?
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9 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:15
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
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documentary
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Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
I mean, the apple, obviously, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
I mean, the apple, obviously,
And the overstuffed, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And the overstuffed,
There is a kind of very crude - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
There is a kind of very crude
This was the time - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
This was the time
They're moving uptown to Harlem, which was - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
They're moving uptown to Harlem, which was
And they are beginning somewhat to move more - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And they are beginning somewhat to move more
It's still a very, very anti-Semitic culture - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
It's still a very, very anti-Semitic culture
1920s is probably the most anti-Semitic - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
1920s is probably the most anti-Semitic
You have the rise of the KKK, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
You have the rise of the KKK,
There's a red scare, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
There's a red scare,
But Jews are finding - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
But Jews are finding
At a time when it's seen - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
At a time when it's seen
And they also are moving very much - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
And they also are moving very much
And, of course, they're very involved - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And, of course, they're very involved
And they have a sense of popular taste - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And they have a sense of popular taste
"Send a salami to your boy in the army." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
"Send a salami to your boy in the army."
This gets back to this whole theme - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This gets back to this whole theme
And so, if the whole point is that you're sending a salami - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
And so, if the whole point is that you're sending a...
There's a lot of subconscious symbolism - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
There's a lot of subconscious symbolism
What's happening after World War II is - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
What's happening after World War II is