Michael Z. Wise
By Michael Z. Wise
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Culture Toppling Hitler’s Role Model
When Vienna-born neurobiologist Eric Kandel won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 2000, he took pains to clarify that the honor was awarded to a Jewish American rather than an Austrian. Kandel fled his hometown after the Nazi Anschluss in 1938, and his remark prompted Austria’s then president, Thomas Klestil, to phone him and ask,…
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Culture Deconstructing Philip
When the synagogue that Philip Johnson designed free of charge to atone for his antisemitic past added a canopy over its entry two decades ago, the celebrated architect complained that the vinyl overhang was a blot on his creation. Now, less than two years after Johnson’s death, the congregation has gutted the synagogue’s cathedral-like interior…
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