Jewish Currents presents a dramatic presentation of the life of American Sephardic Jewish poet Emma Lazarus (1849 - 1887), titled "In the Maccabean Tradition: Miss Emma Lazarus." Featuring Amelia Romano as Emma Lazarus, Benes Marden as Rabbi Jakob, Alex Paul as Susskind von Orb, and Rick Harris as Spokesman for the Nordhausen Council. Written and directed by series producer Isabel Pearlman. This is the final program in the Jewish Currents Presents series.