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Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor
Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....
Tags: France, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Teachers, U.S. Army, Literature
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Calling On Dr. Ruth About Her Play At TheaterWorks
The Hartford CourantThe doorbell of the apartment in a modest brick building in a quiet residential neighborhood in Washington Heights rings like Big Ben announcing the queen. "Come in, come in," says the chirpy, accented voice of Ruth Westheimer, known more popularly as...Tags: Advice Columns and Columnists, Radio, TheaterWorks, University of Paris, Ruth Westheimer
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Taking on Hitler, and our perceptions
Back to Back Theatre, the Australian company passing through Chicago this weekend at the Museum of Contemporary Art, is a theater group comprising almost entirely of actors perceived to be intellectually disabled. Such an endeavor can paralyze a critic...
Tags: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Celebrities, Arts and Culture, Arts
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Women's prayer at Western Wall sparks protest
JERUSALEM -- Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews flooded into the Old City’s Western Wall Plaza early Friday in a boisterous and sometimes violent protest against a group of female activists exercising a newly court-affirmed right to pray at the holy...
Tags: U.S. Embassy, Torah, Feminism, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Israel
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Pictures in the News | May 6, 2013
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Pritzker Military Library offers oral histories, speakers
The wide windows in the landmark Monroe Building offer a sweeping view of Michigan Avenue and Millennium Park. On a crystal-blue spring day, it's easy to temporarily forget the long, bloody history of warfare. But keeping the stories of "citizen soldiers"...
Tags: Human Interest, Television Industry, Hobbies, Wars and Interventions, Czech Republic
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Nazi-themed opera production canceled in Germany
This post has been corrected and updated. See the notes below for details.BERLIN -- A Nazi-themed production of the Wagner opera "Tannhauser" that featured scenes of gas chambers and the execution of a family has been canceled in Germany after some audience members had to receive medical treatment for shock. The Deutsche...Tags: Music, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Music Industry, Germany
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Serbia gives state funeral to former king and family
Reuters* King Petar Karadjordjevic exiled in 1941, proclaimed traitor by communists * Funeral important for reconciliation in Serbia, decades after World War Two By Branko Filipovic OPLENAC, Serbia, May 26 (Reuters) - Serbian government officials and hundreds...Tags: Religion and Belief, National Government, Christianity, Serbia, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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In Luxembourg, Americans' graves remind us of freedom
Guest columnist We think of Memorial Day as an American holiday, but it is also celebrated overseas with commemorations at American military cemeteries. On Saturday, I stood before the more than 5,000 graves in the American Military Cemetery in Hamm,...Tags: Winter Park, Barack Obama, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Armed Forces, Memorial Day
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A Bleak Fassbinder Film Gets a Full-blown High-Tech Live Stage Version at Yale Rep
In a Year With 13 Moons Through May 18 at the Yale Repertory Theatre, corner of Chapel and York streets, New Haven. (203) 432-1234, http://www.yalerep.org. Based on the film and screenplay by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Adapted for the stage by Bill...
Tags: Movies, Travel, Yale Repertory Theatre, Tourism and Leisure, Celebrities
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New book asks: Could Germany have a Jewish chancellor?
ReutersBy Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - A new novel about a neo-Nazi plot to assassinate Germany's first Jewish candidate for Chancellor has shed a timely light on the right-wing extremist violence that has plagued the country since 1990 and was...Tags: Trials, Elections, Religion and Belief, Murder, Politics
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Artist Kapoor draws on Berlin's dark history in new show
Reuters* Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor...Tags: United Kingdom, Amusement and Theme Parks, Berlin (Germany), Sculpture, Germany
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