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Tag: Smithsonian

0 Politics History

Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian come straight from the Nazi playbook

Michelle Young in Forward · 23 Aug

Michelle Young discusses the recent actions taken by President Donald Trump against the Smithsonian museums, drawing unsettling parallels to the tactics used by the Nazi regime in the 1930s to control cultural narratives and art.

0 Culture Politics

Cultural Honors and the Culture War

The Commentary Magazine Podcast · 14 Aug

The podcast discusses how the Trump administration's actions regarding the Kennedy Center Honors and the Smithsonian are part of a broader strategy to counter what they perceive as liberal orthodoxy in American arts and history.

0 Culture History

Biden signs law that could lead to US Jewish history museum joining the Smithsonian

Ron Kampeas in Forward · 11 Dec 2024

President Joe Biden has signed a law that may lead to the integration of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History with the Smithsonian Institution.

0 Politics History

House approves bill to study making US Jewish history museum part of the Smithsonian

Asaf Elia-Shalev in JTA · 24 Sep 2024

The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill to assess the integration of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History into the Smithsonian Institution.

0 Politics Antisemitism

Businessman Who Once ‘Counted Jews’ For Nixon Tapped By Trump For Smithsonian Board

Forward · 30 Aug 2017

Fred Malek, a controversial figure due to his involvement in Richard Nixon's directive to list Jewish government employees, was nominated by President Donald Trump to chair the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a Smithsonian-affiliated think tank.