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☆ Billy Joel, Taylor Swift and more: Highlights from the 2024 Grammy Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Sandra Gonzalez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —With unprecedented and dangerous storm activity in and around Southern California, the music industry mustered all of its “the show must go on” spirit to pull off the 66th Grammy Awards, live from Los Angeles. Fantasia Barrino performs at The 66th Annual Grammy Awards. Mariah Carey, left, presents the award for best pop solo performance to Miley Cyrus for "Flowers" during the 66th annual Grammy Awards. First, she won her first-ever Grammy Award for best pop solo performance. Tracy Chapman and Luke Combs perform at The 66th Annual Grammy Awards.

Persons: —, Jay, Z, Taylor Swift, Swift, Department ”, Fantasia Barrino, Sonja Flemming, Stevie Wonder, Tony Bennett, Annie Lennox, Sinéad O’Connor, Jon Batiste, ”, Oprah Winfrey, Tina Turner, Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Chris Pizzello, Miley, Cyrus, Tracy Chapman, Luke Combs, Joni Mitchell, Billy Joel aren’t, you’d, Brandi Carlile, Chapman, who’s, Joel, Celine Dion, Dion, “ Organizations: CNN, Recording Academy, Department, CBS Locations: Southern California, Los Angeles, didn’t

☆ I'm a Swiftie and I wish Taylor Swift hadn't won album of the year at the Grammys
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

True to form, Swift ensured this year's Grammy discourse would be dominated by her music, even if she didn't win a major award. Alas, the evening ended with Swift notching her record-breaking fourth win for album of the year. I was even more disappointed to watch Swift win over SZA, whose sophomore album, "SOS," earned universal acclaim. Despite being the most awarded person in Grammy history, Beyoncé has won only once in a general-field category (song of the year for "Single Ladies" in 2010). Only 11 Black artists have ever won album of the year.

Persons: —, Miley Cyrus, palpably, Victoria Monét, Billie Eilish's, Joni Mitchell's, Taylor Swift, Swift, Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon —, Stone, Lauryn Hill, Mikael Wood, SZA, Timothy Norris, FilmMagic, Jay, Beyoncé, Harry Styles Organizations: Service, Business, Poets Department, Los Angeles Times, Recording Academy

“She’s unbelievable, she’s rewriting the history books herself,” Travis Kelce said Monday night at Allegiant Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs will meet the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. “She seems to be enjoying the games and she’s a part of Chiefs Kingdom right now. “I think she’s been great for Chiefs Kingdom and also just the sport of football,” Bolton said. “It’s been fun to kind of gather the Swifties into Chiefs Kingdom and open them up to the football world and the sports world. “I have heard some of it, yes, and it is unbelievable,” Kelce said.

Persons: Taylor Swift, ” Travis Kelce, “, Swift, Roger Goodell, ”, “ She’s, ” Kelce, Andy Reid, Nick Bolton, she’s, ” Bolton, “ Taylor, he’s Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Super, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, NFL, Chiefs, Chiefs Kingdom, Kansas City, Front Office, Apex Marketing, Poets Department

☆ Everything to know about Taylor Swift's new album 'The Tortured Poets Department'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Sincerely, The Chairman of The Tortured Poets Department." All’s fair in love and poetry... New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Swift still has two installments left in her rerecorded album series: 2017's "Reputation" and her self-titled debut "Taylor Swift." Fans are already dissecting the album announcement for Easter eggs"The Tortured Poets Department" is a conspicuously wordy phrase for Swift, who tends to prefer one or two-word album titles. Healy may be another aforementioned muse ("My muses, acquired like bruises") for "The Tortured Poets Department."

Persons: —, Taylor, Swift, I've, 🤍h Organizations: Service, Department, Business, Recording Academy, Poets Department Locations: .

☆ Taylor Swift's tortured poets era was created for me and every emo Tumblr kid
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift announced her new album "The Tortured Poets Department" at the Grammys. "All's fair in love and poetry" is basically catnip for Tumblr-trawling '90s kids. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . "All's fair in love and poetry," Swift posted on X on Sunday night after announcing her new album, "The Tortured Poets Department," at the Grammys.

Persons: Taylor Swift, —, I've, Swift Organizations: Department, Service, Poets Department, Business

☆ All the best reactions to Taylor Swift's surprise album announcement at the Grammys
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift announced her 11th studio album "The Tortured Poets Department" at the 2024 Grammys. Fans shared their shocked reactions to the news on social media. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementTaylor Swift surprised fans by announcing her 11th studio album, "The Tortured Poets Department," at the 2024 Grammy Awards on Sunday. Swift shared details about the album, which she said was two years in the making, while accepting the award for best pop vocal album.

Persons: Taylor Swift, —, Swift Organizations: Department, Service, Poets Department, Recording Academy

☆ Taylor Swift makes Grammys history as women rule music's top honors
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift accepts the Album Of The Year award for "Midnights" during the 66th GRAMMY Awards on Feb. 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Pop superstar Taylor Swift set another record on Sunday, winning the Grammy award for album of the year for an unprecedented fourth time as women dominated the music industry's top honors. Swift also announced from the Grammys stage that she would release a new album in April. Swift said she was thrilled by the honor and gushed about the fulfillment she feels from writing and singing songs. Swift, who is about to jet to Tokyo to resume the world's highest-grossing concert tour, was among the women who swept the major Grammy awards on Sunday.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Swift, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon, Stevie Wonder, I've Organizations: Department Locations: Los Angeles , California, Tokyo

☆ Taylor Swift makes Grammy history with fourth album of the year win for ‘Midnights’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Taylor Swift won the album of the year Grammy on Sunday for her 2022 album “Midnights,” becoming the artist with the most wins in the coveted category with four. Prior to her win of the coveted award, Swift was tied with Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Paul Simon, who along with her all previously won album of the year three times. She also thanked singer Lana Del Rey, who collaborated with Swift on “Snow on the Beach” off the album. Swift’s six Grammy nominations this year included album of the year, song of the year, record of the year, pop solo performance, pop duo/group performance and pop vocal album. Earlier in the night, she won best pop vocal album for “Midnights” as well.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, ”, Swift, Frank Sinatra, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Celine Dion, “, ” Swift, Jack Antonoff, Lana Del Rey, Del, Barbra Streisand, “ Midnights ”, Swift’s, Midnights ” Organizations: CNN, “, Department Locations: Del Rey

☆ Taylor Swift Announces New Album During Grammy Win
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Christopher Kuo | More About Christopher Kuo | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

As she accepted the Grammy for best pop vocal album for “Midnights,” Taylor Swift announced that she would be releasing her new album, “The Tortured Poets Department,” on April 19. “I know that the way that the Recording Academy voted is a direct reflection of the passion of the fans, so I want to say thank you to the fans by telling you a secret that I’ve been keeping from you for the last two years,” Swift said. “Which is that my brand-new album comes out April 19. It’s called ‘The Tortured Poets Department.’”

Persons: ” Taylor Swift, “, I’ve, ” Swift, It’s, ’ Organizations: Poets Department, ”, Recording Academy

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Forget her “Reputation.” Taylor Swift has a brand new album coming out. Accepting the Grammy for best pop vocal album, Taylor said she’d been keeping a secret for two years. “My brand new album comes out April 19. Swift had provoked mass speculation earlier in the night when her site seemed to go down. Swift is set to head back out on her Eras tour this week, performing for four nights in Tokyo.

Persons: —, ” Taylor Swift, Taylor, she’d, It’s, ”, Swift, Travis Kelce Organizations: ANGELES, Poets Department, Super Locations: Tokyo

☆ Taylor Swift announces surprise album ‘Tortured Poets Department’ at the Grammys
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

As if the momentum behind the “Anti-Hero” singer couldn’t get any bigger, Swift announced that she’ll be releasing a new album in April titled “Tortured Poets Department” while accepting her 13th Grammy award on Sunday. Swift scored a total of six Grammy nominations this year, including album of the year, song of the year, record of the year, pop solo performance and pop duo/group performance. The win and new album announcement comes as Swift has arguably the most prolific period of her career to date. Following the success of “Midnights,” Swift embarked on her record-breaking “Eras Tour” and reinvigorated the movie theater industry with the October release of her “Eras Tour” concert film. Swift is set to resume the international leg of her tour on February 7, when she begins a four-day run in Tokyo.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, couldn’t, Swift, Department ”, “, I’ve, ” Swift, ” Organizations: CNN, Department Locations: giggles, Tokyo

Rather than being attracted to light, researchers believe that artificial lights at night may actually scramble flying insects' innate navigational systems, causing them to flutter in confusion around porch lamps, street lights and other artificial beacons. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThat would make sense if the strongest light source was in the sky. But in the presence of artificial lights, the result is midair confusion, not attraction. They also documented that some insects will flip upside down — and often crash land — in the presence of lights that shine straight upward like search lights. Insect flight was least disrupted by bright lights that shine straight downward, the researchers found.

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NEW YORK (AP) — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose debut novel "House Made of Dawn" is widely credited as the starting point for contemporary Native American literature, has died. “His Kiowa heritage was deeply meaningful to him and he devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture, especially the oral tradition." Like Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22,” Momaday’s novel was a World War II story that resonated with a generation protesting the Vietnam War. Addressing a gathering of American Indian scholars in 1970, Momaday said, “Our very existence consists in our imagination of ourselves.” He championed Natives' reverence for nature, writing that "the American Indian has a unique investment in the American landscape." Audio guides to tours of the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of the American Indian featured Momaday's avuncular baritone.

Persons: Scott Momaday, Momaday, “ Scott, ”, Jennifer Civiletto, “, Kiowa, John Joseph Mathews, Marshall Sprague, Scott Momaday's, Joseph Heller’s “, Leslie Marmon Silko, James Welch, Louise Erdrich, Joy Harjo, Robert Redford, Jeff Bridges, George W, Bush, Regina Heitzer, Cael, Navarre Scott Mammedaty, Momaday's, Fran McCullough, Billy the Kid, ” Redford, Scott, “ I’m, ” Momaday, Russell Contreras Organizations: HarperCollins, PBS, American Indians, New York Times, Stanford, Princeton, NPR, of, Academy of American Poets, Kiowa Nation, Smithsonian Institution's Museum, Indian, University of Mexico, Associated Press Locations: Santa Fe , New Mexico, New Mexico, Jemez Pueblo, Vietnam, American, Columbia, Dayton, Lawton , Oklahoma, Arizona , New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming

☆ ‘Who Owns This Sentence?’ Increasingly, Who Knows?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Alexandra Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

WHO OWNS THIS SENTENCE? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs, by David Bellos and Alexandre MontaguDavid Bellos and Alexandre Montagu’s surprisingly sprightly history “Who Owns This Sentence?” arrives with uncanny timing. How quaint Harold Bloom’s “anxiety of influence” theory of the Romantic poets now seems, amid the current cut-and-paste panic. Like a corrupt police officer, artificial intelligence is scanning for more plagiarism perps, while itself stealing writers’ words. Bellos, a translator and biographer, and Montagu, a lawyer, step confidently behind the yellow tape to guide us around.

Persons: David Bellos, Alexandre Montagu David Bellos, Alexandre Montagu’s, ”, Eve hangovers, Smokey Bear, Harold Bloom’s “, …, Montagu Organizations: WHO, “

☆ The Debate Over January
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | More About Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Winter friends — those who, contrary to all hedonic and circadian sense, love dark days and black ice — have been forwarding the story to me, triumphant, as if once and for all it’s been settled, the pointless, perennial battle of the seasons. Everyone just wants to feel better, I get it, but resisting their campaign is a twisted part of coping with the season. I spent the week exchanging snapshots with friends in Mississippi, their mutt cavorting in the snow-covered yard (look how cozy! Another friend asked if I didn’t find the cold and snowfall moody and melancholy, in a good way. It’s a case that the poets have been making for eons: “Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold,” Shakespeare wrote.

Persons: Steven Kurutz’s, mutt cavorting, ”, Stu, Roz Chast’s, Shakespeare, what’s Locations: Mississippi, New

☆ Russian Poet Lev Rubinstein Dies at 76 -Daughter
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: 1 min

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lev Rubinstein, a Russian poet known for his conceptual art work subverting traditional Soviet era forms, died on Sunday, his daughter Maria said on Sunday. "My papa, Lev Rubinstein, died today," she wrote on her blog. Rubinstein, who was 76 years old, was hit by a car in Moscow on Jan 8 and spent several days in a coma before succumbing to his injuries. Rubinstein began his literary career in the 1960s, and rose to prominence as a founder and leader of the Moscow Conceptualist school of artists and poets. In recent years, he had been a defender of Russia's embattled opposition, taking public stances against the Kremlin's crackdown on LGBT rights, and, since 2014, its military interventions in Ukraine.

Persons: Lev Rubinstein, Maria, Rubinstein, Felix Light, Guy Faulconbridge Organizations: Moscow Locations: MOSCOW, Russian, Moscow, Ukraine

☆ Common Credits Ralph Ellison for Pointing Him Toward Music
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Bible, “The Selected Works of Audre Lorde,” edited and with an introduction by Roxane Gay, and “The Tongue — A Creative Force” by Charles Capps. I’m a believer in God’s word so learning how to apply that was really inspiring and impactful for me. I was really moved by “The Creative Act” because I think Rick Rubin has experienced so much in life. I learned from a musician friend of mine that so many things can contribute to your musical/creative vocabulary, even nature. And after that, “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” and “The Mastery of Love” by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills.

Persons: “, Audre, ”, Roxane Gay, Charles Capps, Florence Scovel Shinn, Rick Rubin’s, Florence Scovel Shinn ”, Rick Rubin, who’s, Malcolm X ”, Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills, —

☆ Waiting in the Snow for a Phone Call, Mixing Memory and Desire
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Sigrid Nunez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

INVERNO, by Cynthia ZarinI once taught a seminar for graduate fiction writers called A Poet’s Prose. The reading list consisted of prose works written by distinguished contemporary poets. I was surprised to find that several students had registered for the course because they considered their own writing poetic. The elegance and incantatory power of Zarin’s prose, along with her virtuosity at observation, are undeniable, but, like many original works, “Inverno” resists easy description. Central to the novel is a love story, one that, like most love stories, is at once simple and terribly complicated.

Persons: Cynthia Zarin, “, ”

MILAN (AP) — Officials have secured the area around one of two 12th Century towers that have become symbolic of the northern city of Bologna, fearing its leaning could lead to collapse. Italy’s civil protection agency has maintained a yellow alert on the site, denoting caution but not imminent danger. The Garisenda, the shorter of two towers built between 1109 and 1119, currently stands 48 meters (157 feet) feet to the Asinelli’s 97 meters (320 feet). Mayor Matteo Lepore noted in a debate earlier this month that the Garisenda tower has leaned since it was built “and has been a concern ever since." Preliminary work on the Garisenda tower will include creating a containment area to prevent any damage to nearby structures or harm to passersby from a “possible collapse,’’ the city said in a statement.

Persons: Matteo Lepore, ’ ’ Organizations: MILAN, —, UNESCO Locations: Bologna

☆ How Cave Canem Has Nurtured Generations of Black Poets
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Stacy Y. China | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Eady is easy to spot — he is the only Black person in the picture. This was not at all unusual for a writers’ retreat in 1980. In fact, it’s not all that unusual at many writers’ retreats 43 years later. She, too, had often been the only Black poet in the room at such gatherings. When they began talking, they discovered that they both shared the same wish: to create a program specifically for Black poets.

Persons: Cornelius Eady, ’, it’s, Eady, Toi Derricotte, “, ” Derricotte, ” Eady, ‘ Organizations: Bread Loaf Locations: Vermont

☆ Opinion: Megan Fox, the actress-turned-poet, has a lot to say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Opinion Patricia Grisafi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

But I am thinking about the phenomenon of the celebrity poetry collection differently — and it has to do with the actress Megan Fox’s recent debut collection, “Pretty Boys Are Poisonous” (Simon & Schuster). Simon and Schuster has lost all credibility…”Fox, who has starred in “Transformers,” “Jennifer’s Body” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is, of course, not the first celebrity to write a poetry collection. Confessional poetry continues to be a debatable term in academic circles. Confessional poetry is genre that is not limited to women but seems to be associated most frequently with them. In particular, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton are often invoked when confessional poetry is discussed.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden paid tribute to the power of poetry as she honored the 2023 class of National Student Poets on Monday at the White House, saying poetry “feeds our spirit." Political Cartoons View All 1244 ImagesThe poets receive scholarships and serve as literary ambassadors, bringing poetry to their communities through service projects, poetry readings, workshops and other opportunities. Jill Biden said she hoped the students would remember the experience of visiting the White House. She also hosted last year's class of National Student Poets. “And I hope you know that President Biden, the vice president, the second gentleman and I see you, we hear you, and we’re counting on you to keep going.

Persons: — Jill Biden, ”, Gabriella Miranda, Kallan McKinney, Hou, St, Louis, Miles Hardingwood, Jacqueline Flores, Fort, Joe Biden, Seamus Heaney, William Butler Yeats, Jill Biden, “, Biden Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, Student Locations: United States, Salt Lake City, Norman , Oklahoma, New York City, Fort Meade , Florida

Known as a passionate and provocative theater advocate who pushed for boundary-breaking works and for classics to be adventurously modernized, Brustein founded both the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theatre at Harvard. He was dean of the Yale School of Drama from 1966-1979 and during that time founded the Yale Repertory Theatre. “They'll have an unresolved experience.”After a painful, highly publicized dismissal from Yale, Brustein in 1979 switched to Harvard, where he taught English and founded the American Repertory Theatre in 1980. At both Yale Rep and A.R.T., Brustein told The Boston Globe in 2012, he embraced popular theater with a nationalistic streak: “We were trying to liberate American theater from its British overseers. The light, absurd comedy, which gently mocks the lavishness of other musicals, premiered in 1994 at the American Repertory Theatre and was close to making it to Broadway.

Persons: — Robert Brustein, Brustein, Gideon Lester, Lester, Doreen Beinart, “, ”, Tony, Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Cherry Jones, Sigourney Weaver, James Naughton, James Lapine, Tony Shalhoub, Linda Lavin, Adam Rapp, William Ivey Long, Steve Zahn, Wendy Wasserstein, David Mamet, Peter Sellars, Lee Strasberg, Marilyn Monroe, William Shakespeare, Shakespeare, August Wilson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, ” “ Chekhov, Ice, George Polk, Barack Obama, Daniel, Norma Brustein, it’s, ___ Mark Kennedy Organizations: Fisher, Bard University, Yale Repertory Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Harvard, New York Times, Tea Party, Suffolk University, Harvard University, The New, Fulbright, Cornell, Vassar, Yale School of Drama, Yale Rep, Broadway, Los Angeles Times, Yale, Institute, Advanced Theatre, Time, Boston Globe, “, Vineyard, Washington , D.C, Abington Theatre, Theatre, Globe, Journalism, American Academy of Arts and, Theatre Hall of Fame, Arts, White, Carr, for Human Rights, Kennedy School of Government Locations: Cambridge , Massachusetts, The New Republic, New York City, Amherst, Columbia, Brustein, American, Washington ,, New York, New, “, United States

☆ Do Landscapes Shape The Way We Think? / Why Was Philosophy Born In Greece? - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Adam Nicolson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few years ago, my wife, Sarah, and I went on a sailing trip on the eastern Aegean. Thirty or forty miles to the south of our boat was Miletus, the birthplace of some of the first recorded theorists of the physical world. Across a nearby peninsula, just 70 miles away, was Lesbos, the island of Sappho and Alcaeus, the greatest early lyric poets. To the south in Samos was the birthplace of Pythagoras, an early theorist of an everlasting soul. It struck me that not so far out of view from the cockpit of our small boat was the whole province in which Greek philosophy had begun.

Persons: Sarah, Heraclitus, Alcaeus, Pythagoras Locations: Turkey, Miletus, Ephesus, Lesbos, Samos

☆ 92NY Halts Literary Series After Pulling Author Critical of Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Jennifer Schuessler | More About Jennifer Schuessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

The reading, organized by 92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center, instead moved to a bookstore in downtown Manhattan, without any sponsorship from the Y. 92NY confirmed afterward that the decision not to go ahead with the event stemmed from Nguyen’s public statements about Israel. On Saturday, as news of the cancellation of Nguyen’s event spread, writers began announcing they would withdraw from upcoming appearances. The poet Paisley Rekdal and the critic Andrea Long Chu also wrote on X that they were pulling out of their events. The turmoil at the Y is part of continuing cultural repercussions over the war between Israel and Hamas.

Persons: Viet Thanh Nguyen, 92NY’s, 92NY, ”, Israel, “, Dylan Thomas, Robert Frost, Langston Hughes, Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie, Toni Morrison, Richard Ford, John Edgar Wideman, Roxane Gay, Christina Sharpe, Saidiya Hartman, Dionne Brand, Paisley Rekdal, Andrea Long Chu, ” Rekdal, ” Chu, Chu, Sarah Chihaya, Sophie Herron, Nguyen, Min Jin Lee, Bernard Schwartz, Schwartz Organizations: Young, Hebrew, Jewish, Yorkers, Academy of American, London, divesting, McNally Jackson Locations: Israel, Manhattan, States, Gaza, Lower Manhattan

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