Posts Tagged: Leo Frank lynching
Actor Ben Platt Talks About Playing Lynched Jewish Man in Broadway Revival ‘Parade’ During Uptick in Antisemitic Hate Crimes
Tony award-winning Jewish actor Ben Platt commented on the timeliness of starring in a Broadway play about the true story of a Jewish man whose...
Actor Ben Platt Calls Out ‘Evil’ Antisemitic Protesters Outside Debut of His Broadway Play About Lynched Jewish Man Leo Frank
Tony award-winning actor Ben Platt took to social media to address antisemitic protesters who gathered on Tuesday night outside the first preview performance of the...
Remembering Leo Frank: Antisemitism Then and Now
August 17th marks the 106th anniversary of the lynching of Leo Frank, an Atlanta Jewish businessman who was falsely accused of murder and then kidnapped...
Leo Frank’s Lynching, Tom Watson’s Statue, and White Supremacy in America
The current controversy about replacing the statues of Confederate generals and other racist and problematic figures is hardly new. In 2013, Georgia removed the 12-foot...
Marking 100 Years Since the Lynching of Leo Frank
JNS.org - In the early hours of Aug. 17, 1915, a 31-year-old man took his last breath as the table beneath him was kicked out and...
