In the Washington Post: That cartoon mouse was me, and his American Dream is still mine
The Washington Post covered the Workers Circle’s Virtual Benefit, a table reading of the beloved film An American Tail, which featured stars including Mark Hamill, Jesse Eisenberg, Dulé Hill, Bernadette Peters, and more. In this article, author Lev Golinkin describes how the film and the benefit’s cause resonate with his own personal history as a Jewish refugee from Soviet Ukraine seeking the American dream.
An American Tail tells a Jewish story of immigration, a topic that is still relevant today — 40 years after the film’s release — as the Trump administration deports and persecutes immigrants.