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Was Julius Rosenwald Our Greatest Philanthropist?

JL;DR SUMMARY Aviva Kempner's documentary "Rosenwald" celebrates the philanthropic legacy of Julius Rosenwald, a Jewish businessman who profoundly impacted African American education in the South by building over 5,300 schools. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryPhilanthropyTzedakahCivil RightsTikkun OlamRacial EqualityJulius RosenwaldAviva KempnerBooker T. WashingtonAfrican American Education

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New York, United States
"Julius Rosenwald is the best antidote to Donald Trump, says Aviva Kempner, who wrote, produced and directed the documentary Rosenwald, which opened in New York on August 14."
South Carolina, United States
"at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan took place on the same day that the South Carolina legislature took down the Confederate flag."
Detroit, Michigan, United States
"Kempner, a daughter of Holocaust survivors, grew up in tumultuous Detroit where years ago, during the war on poverty, her father was the head of a small business administration."
Springfield, Illinois, United States
"Rosenwald, born in 1862 in Springfield, Illinois (also the birthplace of the NAACP), grew up across the street from Abraham Lincolns family home."

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