{"id":1415,"date":"2015-10-08T18:11:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T18:11:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjhblog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/08\/tonight-a-special-evening-commemorating-the-30th\/"},"modified":"2015-10-08T18:11:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T18:11:23","slug":"tonight-a-special-evening-commemorating-the-30th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2015\/10\/08\/tonight-a-special-evening-commemorating-the-30th\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonight: A Special Evening Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Murder of Leon Klinghoffer Aboard the Achille Lauro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Evening of Conversation &amp; Stories <\/p>\n<p>On<br \/>\n \u00a0October 8, 1985, terrorists representing the Palestinian Liberation \u00a0<br \/>\nOrganization stormed the Achille Lauro cruise ship, murdering Leon<br \/>\nKlinghoffer, who was vacationing with his \u00a0wife and friends. His tragic<br \/>\ndeath became a rallying cry in the fight \u00a0against terrorism. In the<br \/>\nensuing years the story was co-opted and \u00a0retold through the lens of<br \/>\npopular culture. Featuring Ilsa Klinghoffer, Lisa Klinghoffer, Justin Davidson (New York Magazine), Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe, and filmmaker Carla Singer.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by The American Jewish Historical Society and The Center for Jewish History.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis program has been supported by a generous grant from Jonathan and Dina Leader.<\/p>\n<p>Auditorium seating is sold out. Simulcast tickets for a live viewing are available: <a href=\"http:\/\/cjh.org\/event\/2694\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cjh.org\/event\/2694<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Evening of Conversation &amp; Stories On \u00a0October 8, 1985, terrorists representing the Palestinian Liberation \u00a0 Organization stormed the Achille Lauro cruise ship, murdering Leon Klinghoffer, who was vacationing with his \u00a0wife and friends. His tragic death became a rallying cry in the fight \u00a0against terrorism. In the ensuing years the story was co-opted and \u00a0retold through the lens of popular culture. Featuring Ilsa&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[360,240,362],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-post","tag-klinghoffer","tag-nyc-events","tag-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}