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Walter Kohn, refugee and Nobel Laureate, dies at 93
Nobel Prize winner Walter Kohn, who fled Nazi-ruled Austria one month before the start of World War II, died April 19 at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 93.
Actress Lea Michele discovers her Greek-Jewish roots
“Glee” star Lea Michele took a deeper look at her Greek-Jewish roots on the TLC television series “Who Do You Think You Are?”
Probing the minds of Nazi war criminals
Dr. Joel E. Dimsdale is a psychiatrist who has long specialized in the “coping behavior” of concentration camp survivors.
Joel Grey: More than just a master of ‘Cabaret’
In “Master of Ceremonies” (Flatiron Books), Joel Grey has written an unexpectedly exquisite memoir about the life he has led as a closeted gay man growing up during a time when being gay was fraught with excessive difficulties and danger.
Anne Frank’s tree: Two Holocaust picture books
In 2010, the aging horse chestnut tree located outside the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam collapsed and died.
Jews could laugh everywhere, even in the Holocaust
Chaya Ostrower, “It Kept Us Alive: Humor in the Holocaust,” Translated by Sandy Bloom. (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2014) pp. 439.
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