When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…
Julio Rivera is your average millennial living in a big city with big ambitions. After hitting a breaking point with chronic stress, he fell into meditation. From the impact it had on his life, he now spends most his time focusing on inspiring others to take care of their mental hygeine. He started an app "Zen Compass" and now in this podcast, talks to teachers, creators, and entrepreneurs about how meditation supports their day to day. How do we live happier lives in this ever-so connected ...
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Julio sits down with Katherine McHugh and discuss a variety of topics from what her first silent meditation retreat was like, taking Jon Kabat Zinn's MBSR course, the right perspective before we sit, and more!Links:http://zencompass.cohttp://www.awakenwellnessresources.comΑπό τον Zen Compass
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Julio speaks to Pandit Dasa who spent 15 years as a monk in NYC. Since then, Pandit has left the monastery to live as a meditation teacher & mindfulness leader expert. He now speaks about mindfulness at different companies in America and instructs live classes on Zen Compass.Από τον Zen Compass
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