In local appearance Nick Winton told the story of his father, humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton
By ELANA WARREN / Assistant Editor Sir Nicholas Winton is known for just nine months of his life. Those nine ...
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Gehry’s masterpieces
A general view from Main Street of the three components of the Chiat/Day complex, Venice, Calif., including what’s known as ...
A storied palace in Prague
Reviewed by NEAL GENDLER World War I ended the power of European monarchs, but a final palace would yet arise ...
A Trump critic’s book about Prague is a metaphor for Jewish resistance to authoritarianism
By RON KAMPEAS WASHINGTON (JTA) — If you love something but can't possess it, you write about it. This, the ...
Prague and Budapest: Some highlights and oddities
Photos and story by MORDECAI SPECKTOR Tourists throng to the Charles Bridge, which spans the Vltava River in Prague, uniting ...
In the footsteps of Franz Kafka: exploring Czech Jewish life
The esteemed 20th century author Franz Kafka, a Jewish native of Prague, was honored with an outdoors sculpture, on a ...
Theater in the ghetto
By MORDECAI SPECKTOR The Theresienstadt (Terezin, in Czech) ghetto was a prison for about 150,000 Jews, between 1941 and 1945, ...
Amos Oz wins Kafka literary prize
Amos Oz (Photo: Jürgen Bauer) JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli author Amos Oz won the International Franz Kafka literary prize. The ...
