As a playwright , he published his first play , '' The Accomplices '' , in 2007 . It dealt with the refusal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's administration to admit more Jews during The Holocaust in World War II . The play was performed both in New York and Los Angeles , and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award . . '' Los Angeles Times '' critic Charles McNulty said that " no one gets off the hook " in the play , including Weinraub 's former employer '' The New York Times '' , except for Eleanor Roosevelt . He commended Weinraub 's journalism skills but faulted " the phony telegraphic manner in which it ’s dramatized . " In the '' Times '' , which was negaively mentioned in the play , critic David Ng faulted '' Accomplices '' as " a mind-numbing history lesson " and a " soporific lecture of a play . " His second play , out in 2014 , was '' Above the Fold '' . Based on the Duke lacrosse case , it shows the struggles of an African American journalist who realizes the scandal is phony while covering it . It premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena , California . It was directed by Steven Robman and the lead actress was Taraji P. Henson
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The Holocaust
Bernard Weinraub