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Stanley Mann was born in New York City and learned liberal arts at City College. He also took drama classes at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, and took master classes with the director Harold Clurman, and private coaching classes with the actor Michael Moriarty. He formed his own acting company of one man shows performing monologues from classic and contemporary plays in libraries all over the city. In New York he taught acting to senior citizens in the YMHA, and prepared High School students in theater, for entrance to Schools of Art and Drama. He volunteered on the radio program "In Touch," reading newspaper articles for the blind. In Israel, Stanley Mann had three of his books on poetry published, "Merry-Go-Round" published by Eked, 1992, "I Used To Listen To The Train At Night," Bitzaron Books 2000, and "On To The Long Island Sound" Bitzaron, 2002. His poems were also translated into Hebrew by the poet Reuven Ben Yosef. His poems have also appeared in literary magazines, Moznayim, Psefas, Nativ and Kolot. He wrote a 3 Act comedy-drama play, "Office Temporary." He is a member of the Israel Association of Writes in English, and of Voices. In Israel he taught English, gave special workshops to visiting students from the Soviet Union and South Africa. He narrated a film documentary for ELAH, an organization that helps Russian Olim. In 1992, he made aliya with his family and settled in Zichron-Yaakov, then moved to Jerusalem. Presently he is researching and writing about the Holocaust and Jewish Communities and conducts poetry and creative writing workshops.

French: It's something about the Language
Continuing his series on Jewish communities around the world, Mann introduces us to the Jews of Paris, France- a history filled with both light and darkness. [Full article...]
Jews Around the World

The Jews of Russia: It Had Its History
Continuing his series on Jewish communities around the world, Mann introduces us to the Jews of Russia with a long, illustrious, and varied history. [Full article...]
Anti-Semitism
Jewish History > 0600 - 1789: Middle Ages
Jewish History > 1860-1948: Early Zionist Age
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A City Hushed To A Whisper: Berlin
Continuing his series on Jewish communities around the world, Mann introduces us to Berlin- a place which represents both some of the best and worst of Jewish history. [Full article...]
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Yemen: A Land of Pure Dreams
Continuing his series on Jewish communities around the world, Mann introduces us to Yemen- where a rich and unique Jewish history can be found. [Full article...]
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North African Jewry: Here Was Morocco
Continuing his series on Jewish communities around the world, Mann introduces us to Morocco- place of origin for one of the largest Jewish groups in Israel. [Full article...]
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Vilna: The City That Could Not Be Vanquished
As a continuation of his series on Jewish communities around the world, Stanley Mann introduces us to Vilna with a long and illustrious Jewish history. [Full article...]
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He Spoke For Two Hours To The Pope - In Latin: Venice
As a continuation of his series on Jewish communities around the world, Stanley Mann introduces us to the unique history of the Venician Jews. [Full article...]
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Cracow: A Picture on the Wall
As a continuation of his series on Jewish communities around the world, Stanley Mann introduces us to Cracow, Poland, which has a long and vibrant Jewish history. [Full article...]
Holocaust
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There was a Time: Vienna is a City You Write About
As a continuation of his series on Jewish communities around the world, Stanley Mann introduces us to Vienna where the Jewish community has undergone many changes. [Full article...]
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A City of Nosegays and White Snow Flowers and Maybe a Frozen Onion: Budapest
As a continuation of his series on Jewish communities around the world, Stanley Mann introduces us to Budapest where, despite its tragic history, Jewish life continues to thrive. [Full article...]
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“There Is A Beautiful Country” : The Carriage Shown Like a Flame
This quote, taken from the Danish National Anthem, captures the essence of Denmark's relations with its Jews. In addition to providing history on the Jews of Denmark, this article outlines the extraordinary effort made by the Danes to save their Jewish citizens during the Holocaust. [Full article...]
Holocaust
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The Jews of Warsaw: 'And Then?...After?' 'There is no Then! There is no After!'
Warsaw often brings up associations of death and destruction. However, Warsaw has a long and varried Jewish history and continues to house a Jewish community. In the following article, Stanley Mann explores all of these aspects of Warsaw with us. [Full article...]
Holocaust
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Museums and Memorials

An Enjoyable Walk Through Amsterdam: The Distance Between Anne Frank and Rembrandt
Jewish Amsterdam is often associated with Anne Frank and as the site of the Secret Annex where her diary was written. However, Amsterdam has a long and varried Jewish history. In the following article, Stanley Mann explores this with us. [Full article...]
Holocaust
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Separated in Time: Prague
In his diaries, Franz Kafka, 1883-1924, the famous writer born in the city of Prague, noted, "We were living in the house which separates the Little Square from the Old Town Square." And this is how you feel when you visit one of the grand European capitals that at times seems separated in time and space, with its history, its castles, and not far away, 60 kilometers from the city, the cries in the night from those who perished ins the concentration camp, Thersienstadt. [Full article...]
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Jews in India: A Pebble In The Water
Out of a general population of 1,000,000,000 in India, the number of Jews living there today is like a pebble in the water. Small but yet not insignificant. Most of the Jewish community of 6,000 live today in the city of Bombay. When you think of India you think of the teeming masses of people, streets crowded with the bustle of its citizens, open markets and the feeling in the air of the exotic. You think of the classes, of the very rich and the very poor, of the white marble tomb of the famous Taj Mahal and its weaving tale of a prince who built it in the memory of deceased wife. It is here that many Israelis come to seek another world and time, as they leave behind them the time spent in the army. But, after their wanderings and travels in the vast country and their eventual return home do they know of the beginnings of the Jewish community? [Full article...]
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