Give Poet Poor Tired
Each of these poems is a beautiful reflection on the tension between Exile and hope for a permanent and safe harbor that is so much a part of the story of the Jewish people. These poems span two centuries of Jewish literary accomplishments in the United States of America.
A Jewish Portuguese immigrant woman was commissioned to write the inscription for the Statue of Liberty. That inscription has within it one of the most famous lines in American literature: Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
"The New Colossus" is inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus was born in New York City, the descendant of Portuguese Jews who emigrated in the sixteenth century. Lazarus spoke out strongly for the rights of all immigrants.
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