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Wiesel’s Words of Hope for ‘Uprooted’
Sandee Brawarsky
May 18, 2006
Wounds are plentiful in Eli Wiesel\’s \”The Time of the Uprooted,\” an absorbing novel that moves back and forth in time, from 1940s Hungary to New York at the end of the 20th century, shifting points of view, with emotional intensity packed into memories and stories.
Proposal Advocates Shoah Forgiveness
Joseph Hanania
January 26, 2006
Oliner\’s personal turnabout resulted in studies, which still continue, at his Altruistic Personality and Prosocial Behavior Institute at Humboldt. From there, Oliner and his wife, Pearl, have interviewed more than 500 rescuers who risked everything to save others, while seeking no personal reward.
Austria Makes Reparations for Nazi Past
Tom Tugend
January 26, 2006
In a high-profile case, Maria Altmann won her seven-year battle to recover from Austria five famous paintings looted by the Nazis and now valued at $200 million. The art works were seized in Vienna in 1938 from Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer, a wealthy Jewish sugar magnate and Altmann\’s uncle.
Where Streets Were Paved With Sorrow
Holly Lebowitz Rossi
January 19, 2006
Vincent introduces us to three women who illuminate three very different aspects of the shameful reality of white slavery that existed in Latin America between 1860 and 1939.
Wiesenthal’s Work Beyond Words
Norma Zager
September 29, 2005
The exhibit\’s powerful collection of photographs, awards and artifacts is a virtual walk through history with Wiesenthal, seemingly, as your personal guide. There are his personal pencil sketches of the camp as well as photos and handwritten notes.
Jewish Split Marks Armenian Genocide
Larry Derfner
April 21, 2005
There\’s always been a strong Jewish angle to the story of the Armenian genocide, whose 90th anniversary is commemorated this weekend
Playwright’s Alter Ego Returns Home
Naomi Pfefferman
September 2, 2004
\”Boy\” revolves around 40ish novelist Eric Weiss, who returns home — actually to the hospital where he was born — to visit his dying father, Manny, a shoe salesman. It\’s his first trip back in a while, and he\’s ambivalent: \”I saw what Brooklyn did to my parents, and I knew I had to get the hell out of here,\” he tells a friend. \”I saw … the fear, the xenophobia, the suffocating double grip the Holocaust and the Depression had around their throats.\”
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