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1. Margaret Lambert, athlete, excluded from 1936 Olympic Games

   

   In 1936, Margaret Lambert was poised to win a medal at the Berlin Olympic Games. Just one month b... (34 days ago)

2. Alexandra Zapruder, editor, Salvaged Pages: Young Writers' Diaries of the Holocaust

   

   In 1992, Alexandra Zapruder began to collect diaries written by children during the Holocaust. Th... (48 days ago)

3. Michael Chabon, author

   

   In his 2007 novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union, Michael Chabon tries to imagine a way out ... (62 days ago)

4. Alain Finkielkraut, Professor of the History of Ideas,

   

   Essayist and philosopher Alain Finkielkraut has become wary of contemporary antisemitism that cas... (76 days ago)

5. Dan Bar-On, Professor of Psychology, Ben Gurion University, and Matthew Family Fellow at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies

   

   Fifty years after World War II, Israeli psychologist Dan Bar-On began bringing together children ... (90 days ago)

6. James Carroll, author and Boston Globe columnist

   

   Though he left the priesthood more than thirty years ago, James Carroll has continued to wrestle ... (104 days ago)

7. Ruth Gruber, photojournalist

   

   In her 96 years, Ruth Gruber has been a witness to history, fighting injustice with her words and... (118 days ago)

8. Reza Aslan, author and scholar of religions

   

   Reza Aslan is disturbed by what he calls the “global cosmic conflict” between the Wes... (132 days ago)

9. Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Harvard University

   

   Alan Dershowitz is concerned over what he views as a rising tide of antisemitic speech on America... (146 days ago)

10. Michael Posner, President, Human Rights First

    

    Michael Posner has been at the center of the struggle for international human rights for thirty y... (160 days ago)

11. Susannah Heschel, Professor of Religion, Dartmouth College

    

    Susannah Heschel is inspired by the lasting friendship between her father, Rabbi Abraham Joshua H... (174 days ago)

12. Father Patrick Desbois, President, Yahad in Unum

    

    In 2004, Father Patrick Desbois set out across Ukraine to locate the sites of mass killings of Je... (188 days ago)

13. Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons, President and Chairman, The Foundation for Ethnic Understanding

    

    In their work and in their friendship, Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons embody the principles of... (202 days ago)

14. Shawn Green, New York Mets

    

    For the past fifteen years, Shawn Green has been one of baseball’s most dominant left-hande... (216 days ago)

15. Judea Pearl, President, Daniel Pearl Foundation

    

    Judea Pearl, father of slain journalist Daniel Pearl, describes himself as a soldier battling the... (230 days ago)

16. Daniel Libeskind, architect

    

    In rebuilding the World Trade Center site in New York City, Daniel Libeskind is striving to combi... (244 days ago)

17. Faiza Abdul-Wahab, daughter of Khaled Abdul-Wahab, Tunisian rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust

    

    Khaled Abdul-Wahab, a Tunisian who rescued two dozen Jews during the Holocaust, is the first Arab... (258 days ago)

18. Errol Morris, filmmaker

    

    Errol Morris makes documentaries that investigate the past, focusing on small details and questio... (272 days ago)

19. Charles Small, Director, Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Antisemitism

    

    Charles Small believes that scholars can play a critical role in combating antisemitism by helpin... (286 days ago)

20. Cornel West, Professor of Religion, Princeton University

    

    Cornel West encourages us to acknowledge our prejudices, rather than to pretend that they donR... (300 days ago)