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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

This was the time after the First World War that Jews are moving out of the Lower East...

This was the time after the First World War that Jews are moving out of the Lower East Side, they're moving to the Bronx, they're moving to Brooklyn, all the places that we said before, right?

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This was the time
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after the First World War that Jews are moving
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out of the Lower East Side, they're moving to the Bronx,
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they're moving to Brooklyn,
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all the places that we said before, right?
Duration
10 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:55:37
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
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
And they're no longer congregating in delis - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
And they're no longer congregating in delis
So you have shopping centers, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
So you have shopping centers,
Jews are much more part of, or want to be much more - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Jews are much more part of, or want to be much more
So the food doesn't go away, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So the food doesn't go away,