New York City Restaurant Holds a Torch for Refugees Entering the US

Emma’s Torch, located in Brooklyn, is paying homage to a poet whose words greet newcomers to the country.

Emma Lazarus, a staunch supporter of immigrant rights and a prolific writer, wrote the sonnet ‘The New Colossus,’ which adorns the Statue of Liberty. The Emma of Emma’s Torch refers to her.

“Many don’t know that the famous line, ‘Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,’ was written by Lazarus,” shares New York Director Dr. Kira O’Brien. “For over 100 years, those words have greeted thousands of refugees fleeing hardship and dreaming of a better life in America...”

 

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