For professor and writer Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, reclaiming German citizenship almost 90 years after her grandfather fled Munich has helped her come to terms with her family’s past.
- Being JewishI Forgive a Country
For professor and writer Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, reclaiming German citizenship almost 90 years after her grandfather fled Munich has helped her come to terms with her
Being JewishThe Last Generation of Holocaust SurvivorsFive women who survived the Shoah as children share their harrowing stories, their resilience and their fear that ‘history is repeating itself.’
Five women who survived the Shoah as children share their harrowing stories, their resilience and their fear that ‘history is repeating itself.’
FoodJeremy Salamon’s Hungarian MashupsA new cookbook proves that Hungarian food isn’t just ‘heavy and brown,’ but ‘colorful and driven by nostalgia and history.’
A new cookbook proves that Hungarian food isn’t just ‘heavy and brown,’ but ‘colorful and driven by nostalgia and history.’
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