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- Jimmy Carter built strong bridges to American Jews — and tested their patienceATLANTA — Paige Alexander first met Jimmy Carter on a cold day in December 1979 as the president welcomed British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to the White House. The 13-year-old Alexander was visiting Washington, D.C., with her mother, Elaine. A Georgian working in the White House protocol office arranged for the Jewish Atlantans to attend... […]
- Hollywood goddess Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian Jew who pined for Vienna but hid her religionShe was a beauty, an inventor who broke ground in high-tech communications, and a Hollywood goddess who starred in movies like Samson and Delilah. But actress Hedy Lamarr was also an Austrian Jew who left her country before the 1938 Anschluss, when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany and the campaign to annihilate the country’s... […]