Of prohibition in the u. S. The National Constitution Center Hosted this event. The moderator is jeffrey rosen. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the National Constitution center i am jeffrey rosen, the president of this wonderful institution, the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis beautiful. So great to hear those wonderful words of our Inspiring Mission statement here in the beautifully renovated kimmel theater. Ladies and gentlemen, just a few months ago we opened up this gorgeous, new space, renovated with a great grant by the Kimmel Foundation and youre hearing me from these cool stateoftheart ted talk mics and these beautiful seats and im thrilled to see so many people here to celebrate the opening of the return of our great exhibit, american spirit [ applause ] i want you to go see it after the show, if you havent seen it yet, and cspan viewers, i want you to come to philade
Going to be both jewish people of color. Its not exclusively white, but it is what we projected as to us in the United States. Some of it is so important, which is so complex. So complex in north america and really the United States context. When we talk about something about oscar normative that says there is a way in which we kind of suddenly aspire to something. I if cn a jewish context about, i know its a complex question, but what does it mean then in our own context to assimilate to something that is perceived as normative, that we are seeing is completely normative. And a jewish person of color is a just a person of a particular skin color who happens to want to assimilate into and asking isaac normative jewish life. There is a lot of plexaderm to that. I would imagine if it works very seriously with that kind of an issue, im wondering if you can come speak to it a little bit . Lets unpack it a little bit. Largely, when the jewish came to the United States, lets say the second w
Camp one of the last remaining survivors calls for compassion for those displaced by war today. Im rebecca rate as welcome to the program the cove at 19 pandemic has reached another grim milestone with the global death toll now more than 100000 while the total number of infections stands at nearly 1700000 thats according to figures by Johns Hopkins university in the United States more than 18000 people have died from the disease and puts the us at close to overtaking italy as the country with the worlds highest death toll america has nearly one 3rd of all global cases new york state alone has more than any other cases in any other country. Passengers have found out on new york subways. But thats a no is surance to many people who need the ride its very frightening to be here i mean if i got one that was one thing right now yeah like i said theres a lot of Homeless People want to take. This thing so you can get away next training getting fired so thats nothing if. You know your kids we
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Distinguish ladies and gentlemen, i would like to welcome you to this commemoration. Former inmates of the campaign holocaust survivors. Mayor welcome your highness, is president s, prime ministers, and all the heads of parliament and heads of state delegations. May i welcome representatives of the polish parliament and parliamentarians from europe and the world. May i welcome members of governments from poland, europe and the world. I welcome representatives of the diplomatic corps for their support pillars of, memories Action Foundation and fund. I welcome representatives from the churches and religious communities and the communities of the Jewish Society and also the representatives. Representative of regional and foreign governments. Representatives of institutions and organizations and all the people whove arrived at this commemoration. May i requests the address of the president of poland. [applause] honorable survivors, witnesses of the holocaust. Royal highnesses, your excelle