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.…
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Here at Escape the City we often hear from people who are stuck in career paralysis - going round in their heads, with no idea where to go next. This session is for you if you... Don't like your current job, Think there must be more to life, Aren't sure what that is, Are scared of making change because alternatives seem impossible or too uncertain …
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You know you don't want to be a lawyer forever, but if not this, then what? We've got a really exciting event with some special guests who found work they love. The idea of leaving law has become popular among many who want to find more fulfilling work. We know that it's difficult for busy legal professionals to find time to reflect on making this …
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2:05:11Do Something Different Life is short. Really short. Too many capable and passionate people spend far too long doing work that doesn’t matter to them in big faceless corporations. What a tragedy. There are so many fights worth fighting, so many problems worth solving. We deserve more. The conventional corporate path is seductive. Money, the percepti…
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