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Michael Ratner
May 20, 2016
The Puffin Foundation notes with sorrow the loss of our esteemed colleague and friend, whose devotion to equal justice and human rights led to the bestowal of our highest honor, the Puffin-Nation Award for Creative Citizenship. A highly principled man, Michael Ratner was a warm and caring individual whose life’s Read More
2016 Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill
Fearless, Border-Crossing Journalists Expose Corruption at the Highest Levels: Lydia Cacho (Mexico) and Jeremy Scahill (USA) Win Human Rights Award New York—On Saturday, May 7, 2016, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to journalists Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill. One of Read More
Remembering Mayor Parker
April 27, 2016
The Puffin Foundation and The Teaneck Creek Conservancy offer our condolences to the family of Mayor Lizette Parker. She was a steadfast friend of Puffin and a former member of TCC’s Board of Directors. Lizette had a extraordinary love and commitment to Teaneck. You can read more about Lizette’s remarkable Read More
The Triangle Fire: An Opera in One Act
April 20, 2016
Coming to Puffin on September 11, 2016 at Read More
Professor Moshe Banai shares insights at home and abroad
April 12, 2016
Management expert says ignore the propaganda and stick to the facts JEWISH STANDARD Article by Lois Goldrich April 7, 2016, 3:54 pm Read more: Professor shares insights at home and abroad | The Jewish Standard http://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/professor-shares-insights-at-home-and-abroad/#ixzz45caaxc6h What do you do with a master’s degree from Tel Aviv University and Ph.D. Read More
Puffin is proud to co-sponsor Yiddish Theater exhibit now open at the Museum of the City of NY
March 10, 2016
NEW YORK’S YIDDISH THEATER: FROM THE BOWERY TO BROADWAY. MAR. 9–JUL. 31, 2016 www.mcny.org/yiddishtheater From the late 19th to the mid- 20th century, a thriving Yiddish theater culture blossomed on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, entertaining over 1.5 million first and second generation Eastern-European Jewish immigrants. Second Avenue became the “Yiddish Read More
Attn Web Designers: TCC Site Request for Proposal
February 24, 2016
Our neighbors at Teaneck Creek Conservancy are now accepting proposals for a new website design & development. View PDF Read More
Fearless, Journalists Win ALBA/Puffin Human Rights Prize
February 12, 2016
Fearless, Border-Crossing Journalists Expose Corruption at the Highest Levels: Lydia Cacho (Mexico) and Jeremy Scahill (USA) Win Human Rights Award New York—On Saturday, May 7, 2016, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) will present the ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism to journalists Lydia Cacho and Jeremy Scahill. One of Read More
Puffin Cultural Forum Exhibit “Conversations, 2016”
February 12, 2016
A selection of images from Conversations, 2016 is now viewable virtually. We look back on the tumultuous dialogue of recent discussion on race and progress, or lack thereof. Curated by artist and curator Lehna Huie and Puffin Cultural Forum’s Andrew Lee, Conversations presents a mosaic of expressions, ideas, and emotions by contemporary Read More
Common Sense Solutions to the Student Debt Crisis. Just one of the many many articles and journalists Puffin supports every year. This one in Vogue no less.
January 15, 2016
Here’s How to Solve the Student Debt Crisis: Make College Free JANUARY 13, 2016 1:45 PM by ASTRA TAYLOR Sometime in 2008, I got a phone call informing me I had defaulted on my student loans. I had thought I was in a deferment period, but I had moved Read More