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The Plot Against America

Ben Cole as President Charles Linbergh (left) and John Turturro as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in "The Plot Against America." (HBO)
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FDR had a Jewish strategy much like the one in ‘Plot Against America’

Rafael Medoff by Rafael Medoff May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

In HBO’s recent adaptation of the Philip Roth novel “The Plot Against America,” American Jews are coerced by Pres. Charles Lindbergh to move to rural parts of the country so […]

Morgan Spector, center, as Herman Levin, and Zoe Kazan, right, as Bess Levin, in HBO's "The Plot Against America." (Photo/Michele K. Short-HBO)
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I cover anti-Semitism on a daily basis. This is why ‘The Plot Against America’ is the scariest show I’ve ever seen.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 22, 2020
Ben Cole as President Charles Linbergh (left) and John Turturro as Rabbi Lionel Bengelsdorf in "The Plot Against America." (HBO)
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‘The Plot Against America’ is a jagged pill in overwhelming times

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz March 25, 2020March 26, 2020
From the cover of "The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth
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Philip Roth’s prescient ‘Plot Against America’ is focus of event series

Laura Pall by Laura Paull March 19, 2019March 20, 2019
From the cover of "The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth
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Reading ‘The Plot Against America’ across the Bay

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman August 23, 2018

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