About: Morris Schappes

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Morris U. Schappes (pronounced SHAP-pess, born Moishe Shapshilevich; May 3, 1907 – June 3, 2004) was an American educator, writer, radical political activist, historian, and magazine editor, best remembered for a 1941 perjury conviction obtained in association with testimony before the Rapp-Coudert Committee (investigating Communism in education in New York) and as long-time editor of the radical magazine Jewish Currents.

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  • Morris U. Schappes (pronounced SHAP-pess, born Moishe Shapshilevich; May 3, 1907 – June 3, 2004) was an American educator, writer, radical political activist, historian, and magazine editor, best remembered for a 1941 perjury conviction obtained in association with testimony before the Rapp-Coudert Committee (investigating Communism in education in New York) and as long-time editor of the radical magazine Jewish Currents. (en)
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  • 1928-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • Maurice U. Schappes, Morris Urman Schappes (en)
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  • 1907-05-03 (xsd:date)
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  • Moise ben Haim Shapshilevich (en)
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  • Moise ben Haim Shapshilevich (en)
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  • Kamenets-Podolsk, Ukraine (en)
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  • "The Arrest of Morris Schappes" by Hugo Gellert, depicting Schappes' arrest amidst Rapp-Coudert Committee hearings (en)
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  • American (en)
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  • Jewish Currents magazine (en)
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  • Maurice U. Schappes, Morris Urman Schappes (en)
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  • Morris U. Schappes (pronounced SHAP-pess, born Moishe Shapshilevich; May 3, 1907 – June 3, 2004) was an American educator, writer, radical political activist, historian, and magazine editor, best remembered for a 1941 perjury conviction obtained in association with testimony before the Rapp-Coudert Committee (investigating Communism in education in New York) and as long-time editor of the radical magazine Jewish Currents. (en)
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  • Morris Schappes (en)
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