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The Holocaust and the sins of the father
A friend of mine got a lifetime achievement award recently, and it got me to thinking about the Holocaust again, something that's never been completely out of my mind for the last 22 years. Randolph L. Braham and I are an odd couple to be friends because...
Tags: Judaism, Massacres, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Prisons, World War II (1939-1945)
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Israeli highway comes to a halt to remember Holocaust [Video]
World NowIn Israel, sirens wailed for two minutes across the country to commemorate the Holocaust on Thursday, a day devoted annually to remembering the Nazi genocide that killed 6 million Jewish people and millions more of other backgrounds.... -
Should Romney take the rap for Mormon Church's 'proxy baptisms'?
Opinion L.A.As if Mitt Romney didn't have enough problems with a surging Rick Santorum, the former Republican front-runner now finds himself pressured by Elie Wiesel to intercede with the Mormon Church to stop the "proxy baptisms" of Holocaust victims.... -
Late Night: Stephen Colbert converts dead Mormons to Judaism
Show TrackerStephen Colbert proposes a novel solution to the controversy the Mormon Church's posthumous baptism of Jewish Holocaust victims.... -
Barbara Kingsolver to receive lifetime achievement award
Jacket CopyBestselling author Barbara Kingsolver will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.... -
Book review: 'When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone' by Gal Beckerman
Special to the Los Angeles TimesWhen They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry Gal Beckerman Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 598 pp., $30 If you think the Cold War is dead as the backdrop for any decent espionage story, you haven't read "When They Come for...Tags: Crimes, Fordham University, Politics, Judaism, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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Geraldine Brooks to receive the Dayton Literary Peace Prize's lifetime achievement award
Jacket CopyOn Thursday, the organizers of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize announced that this year's lifetime achievement award will be presented to Geraldine Brooks. The Australian journalist-turned-novelist has written about war as both fact and fiction. Her... -
What's the secret of 'The Power'? Bestsellers for Sept. 12, 2010
Jacket CopyI don't know what the secret of "The Secret" is, but I know that the book's popularity has driven author Rhonda Byrne's new book, "The Power," to the top of our nonfiction bestseller list. "Rhonda Byrne reveals the single greatest...... -
Book review: 'The Sonderberg Case' by Elie Wiesel
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe Sonderberg Case A Novel Elie Wiesel, translated from the French by Catherine Temerson Alfred A. Knopf: 178 pp., $25 Elie Wiesel's "Night," a memoir of Auschwitz and Buchenwald that is a pillar of Holocaust literature, is read by schoolchildren all...Tags: Crimes, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Massacres, French Literature, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Countdown to the last 'Oprah Winfrey Show': Oprah makes us cry, reminds us why her show was revolutionary
Show TrackerWith only 5 episodes of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show' left, Oprah makes us cry and reminds us why her show was so revolutionary.... -
Elie Wiesel: Embracing memory and madness
"Purple in the grays. Vermillion in the orange shadows, on a cold, fine day."
-- Pierre Bonnard, from his notebooks
Manhattan in a winter storm seems galaxies away from Bonnard's bright interiors. I carry an exhibition catalog from the Metropolitan...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Massacres, Prisons, World War II (1939-1945), Human Interest
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Los Angeles Times bestsellers for April 12, 2009
Fiction
1. The Shack by William P. Young ($14.99)
2. New Moon by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)
3. Twilight by Stephenie Meyer ($10.99)
4. The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery ($15)
5. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons ($19.99)
6. People...Tags: Stephenie Meyer, David Oliver, Malcolm Gladwell, Barack Obama, Lee Child
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