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Weitzman to
Honor CNN’s
Wolf Blitzer
JARRAD SAFFREN | STAFF WRITER
F ormer Jewish Exponent colum-
nist Wolf Blitzer, who is also
that Wolf Blitzer, CNN anchor,
is coming to the Weitzman National
Museum of American Jewish History
on May 1.

Blitzer, 74, an Emmy Award-winning
journalist who started at CNN in 1990,
will be honored by the Philadelphia
museum at its reopening gala.

According to a press release, the event
“recognizes the achievements and
contributions of American Jews who
have significantly impacted American
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afmda.org Wolf Blitzer 
society and culture, often despite fac-
ing antisemitism and prejudice.”
The reporter’s parents survived the
Holocaust; he remains a proud Jew to
this day. He even spent the first extended
chapter of his career at the Jerusalem
Post from 1973 to 1990. While there,
Blitzer wrote a syndicated column that
appeared weekly in the Jewish Exponent.

“My Jewish identity is so important,”
Blitzer said. “It has been my whole life.”
The Weitzman describes itself as
the “only museum dedicated exclu-
sively to exploring and interpreting the
American Jewish experience.”
With this gala, the museum is
reopening to the public after a two-year
closure due to the pandemic. (Though
it did host virtual events and pro-
grams.) It is also reopening for the first
time since it was bought out, and saved
from bankruptcy, by shoe designer
Stuart Weitzman.

The new and improved space
will feature a variety of new exhib-
its, including one focusing on mod-
Courtesy of CNN
ern antisemitism and using artifacts
from the January hostage crisis at a
synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. As it
reopens, the Weitzman is trying to live
up to its description.

But while the exhibits show that mis-
sion of exploring and interpreting the
American Jewish experience, Blitzer
personifies it.