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"Get the Jew": The Crown Heights Riot Revisited (WSJ Opinion Documentary)

2024-10-07 en 24m
Documentary
"This 20 minute documentary sheds light on the worst antisemitic riot in American history, which occurred in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in 1991. Triggered by a Hasidic man running a red light and accidentally hitting and killing a young black child, the riot led to attacks on Jews. Stores and police cars were burned and a Hasidic man was killed. David Dinkins, New York’s mayor at the time, allowed the riot to go on for three full days, while the media downplayed the antisemitism at the heart of the violence. The film’s interviews include Rev. Al Sharpton and then-Deputy Police Chief Ray Kelly as well as WSJ Opinion writer Elliot Kaufman. The current wave of antisemitism makes these events newly relevant and worthy of reconsideration" (The Wall Street Journal).

Director

Michael Pack

Writer

Michael Pack

Executive Producer

Gina Cappo Pack

Executive Producer

Michael Pack

Producer

Michael Pack

Associate Producer

Thomas Pack

antisemitism

Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • The Wall Street Journal

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