Emma Lazarus

My colleagues' coverage of the 9/11 decade sharpens our multimedia lens on the experiences of American Muslims, to be sure, but also on those of Filipinos, Latinos, Chinese Americans and others, often with insights only possible in a place that has mostly opened its "golden door," in the phrase of Emma Lazarus, to the world.

Paul Kleyman: Moments That Frame Our Lives -- 9/11, 11/22, 12/7 Paul Kleyman 2011

My colleagues' coverage of the 9/11 decade sharpens our multimedia lens on the experiences of American Muslims, to be sure, but also on those of Filipinos, Latinos, Chinese Americans and others, often with insights only possible in a place that has mostly opened its "golden door," in the phrase of Emma Lazarus, to the world.

Paul Kleyman: Moments That Frame Our Lives -- 9/11, 11/22, 12/7 Paul Kleyman 2011

My colleagues' coverage of the 9/11 decade sharpens our multimedia lens on the experiences of American Muslims, to be sure, but also on those of Filipinos, Latinos, Chinese Americans and others, often with insights only possible in a place that has mostly opened its "golden door," in the phrase of Emma Lazarus, to the world.

Paul Kleyman: Moments That Frame Our Lives -- 9/11, 11/22, 12/7 Paul Kleyman 2011

My colleagues' coverage of the 9/11 decade sharpens our multimedia lens on the experiences of American Muslims, to be sure, but also on those of Filipinos, Latinos, Chinese Americans and others, often with insights only possible in a place that has mostly opened its "golden door," in the phrase of Emma Lazarus, to the world.

Paul Kleyman: Moments That Frame Our Lives -- 9/11, 11/22, 12/7 Paul Kleyman 2011

For most Americans, the name Emma Lazarus is likely to recall at best a brief injunction associated with the Statue of Liberty: 'Give me your tired, your poor,/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.'

The Convert Benfey, Christopher 2007

Most scholars name Emma Lazarus as the first American Jewish poet, male or female, to be recognized by mainstream America.

Poetry in the United States. 2009

Emma Lazarus's story is marvelously told by Esther Schor in her new book "Emma Lazarus" (Nextbook, New York, 2006).

Tribute: Emma Lazarus: Answering a Calling 2007

"Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates," the poet Emma Lazarus wrote, "shall stand / A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame / Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name / Mother of Exiles."

Other Comments 2011

"Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates," the poet Emma Lazarus wrote, "shall stand / A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame / Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name / Mother of Exiles."

Other Comments 2011

(F) Little-known fact: the fragment of poetry on the Statue of Liberty ("Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," etc.) does not, because of a French engraver's error, include Emma Lazarus rarely cited footnote: "No Mexicans, please."

Gustavo Arellano: ¡ASK A MEXICAN!: 'Illegals' Love Wrought Iron Fences? Gustavo Arellano 2011