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Yesterday marked Emma Lazarus’s birthday. She wasn’t an immigrant, but she gave the Statue of Liberty its voice. In Part 2, Schwab and Yael explore how the wealthy Jewish poet became a champion for refugees, an early advocate for Jewish nationalism, and the author of The New Colossus, the poem that forever changed America’s most iconic symbol.
The New Colossus
ByEmma Lazarus (born on July 22nd, 1849)
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
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And if you missed the first episode in the series, please check out The First Jews in the Americas: Fleeing the Inquisition. Emma Lazarus’ family was part of the first wave of Jews to the Americas.
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