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Sidney Franklin (born Sidney Frumkin; 11 July 1903 – 26 April 1976) was the first American to become a successful matador, the most senior level of bullfighter.
Jun 25, 2019 · The Gay Jewish Matador From Brooklyn. Sidney Franklin was “hiding in plain sight” as a closeted bullfighter in a macho sport. He became a legend in Spain and loved dressing the part. The New...
Jun 3, 2019 · NEW YORK ( JTA) — In the bullfighting world of the 1920s and ’30s, Sidney Franklin was defined not only by his Americanness, elegance or tough-guy personality but also by his Jewishness. The...
I n the bullfighting rings of Spain, Sidney Franklin was renowned as “ El Torero de la Torah ” or “The Bullfighter of the Torah”. Franklin, who died in 1976 when he was 72, was the first Jewish...
Jun 8, 2019 · NEW YORK ( JTA) — In the bullfighting world of the 1920s and ’30s, Sidney Franklin was defined not only by his Americanness, elegance or tough-guy personality but also by his Jewishness. The...
Jun 4, 2019 · NEW YORK — In the bullfighting world of the 1920s and ’30s, Sidney Franklin was defined not only by his Americaness, elegance or tough-guy personality but also by his Jewishness. The first American to reach the status of a matador in Spain, he was nicknamed “El Torero de la Torah,” or “the Torah bullfighter.”
Jun 6, 2019 · Franklin rose to notoriety and fame as the first and only Jewish-American matador to fight in the arenas of Mexico and Spain. His life story is the inaugural subject for Out of the Box, a lecture series at the Center for Jewish History.
