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- Pulitzer-winning prejudice: Alice Walker and Israel
The Issue: Author Alice Walker’s request that musician Alicia Keys cancel a performance in Israel. *** Ido Aharoni is wasting his time in writing to Alice Walker (“When Artists Scapegoat Israel,” PostOpinion, June 19). The quote, “When people criticize Zionists they mean Jews. You’re talking anti-Semitism,” has often been...
June 21, 2013 - New York Post - Director puts own stamp on 'Color Purple' at Playhouse
“The Color Purple” exploded on the literary world in 1982, winning a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for author Alice Walker. The 1985 film boosted it further into the national consciousness and in 2005, the stage musical opened on Broadway.
June 20, 2013 - Memphis Commercial Appeal - Israeli Diplomat Strikes Back at Alice Walker's Over Boycott Plea
Israel’s consular general in New York accused novelist Alice Walker of urging artists to scapegoat Israel, following the publication of an open letter by Walker imploring singer Alicia Keys to boycott Israel and cancel her concert there. Click here for the rest of the article...
June 19, 2013 - The Forward