In 1943, 13-year-old Zuzana Justman and her family are sent to Theresienstadt, a transit camp and ghetto in occupied Czechoslovakia. While the Nazis claim Theresienstadt was a model ghetto with a thriving cultural life, Zuzana and her family face starvation, illness, and fear of the mysterious transports that take her loved ones away, never to return. Learn more at www.lbi.org/justman . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute, New York and Antica Productions. It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. This episode was produced by Rami Tzabar. Our executive Producers are Laura Regehr, Rami Tzabar, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Our associate producer is Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Special thanks to the German Federal Archives, the Guardian, Will Coley, The International Festival of Slavic Music for the use of their 2018 performance of Hans Krasa’s Brundibar, as well as Zuzana Justman for the use of her film, Voices of the Children. This episode of Exile is made possible in part by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Finance and the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future.…
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In the third podcast of the introductory series, The Academic Engineer discusses how civil/structural engineering is the key to academic success. He further talks about how the design concept of a suspension bridge can be translated as a guide to engage family, school, and community to achieve academic and long-range career goals.…
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The Academic Engineer discusses five things about education and/or academics that may not be entirely accurate if you look beneath the surface. He talks about how the SAT test is just like the NFL combine. He also talks about an academic discovery from Malcolm Gladwell's book "David and Goliath" and questions whether if the bigger school is best fo…
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Jerome McQueen, the Academic Engineer introduces the Achieving Academic Success Pocast. He discussess how the rise in tuition cost has outgained the rise in salaries and offer strategies to reduce the cost of college. He also discusses that the mission of this podcast is to provide information to obtain marketable skills for the least cost possible…
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