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

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

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"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).

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

24 mins

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Release Date

07 October 2024

Country

United States of America

Cast

Al Sharpton

Al Sharpton

Self

Ray Kelly

Ray Kelly

Self

Elliot Kaufman

Elliot Kaufman

Self

Mark Hoppe

Mark Hoppe

Self

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