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Voices In The Family December 200612/25/06 12/18/06 Dr. Wendy Mogel practiced child psychology for 15 years and felt that the cases she was seeing didn't seem to fit the psychopathology she had been taught in her training. Most of the patients appeared to be "chronically unhappy". Unfamiliar with Jewish Scripture, Mogel attended a Rosh Hashanah service that changed her life. She closed her practice, and started to study Judaism as a parenting mechanism. Mogel now says that Jewish law is key in raising children, and many parents, Jewish or not, are listening. So Is the Torah a parenting guide that works? Dr. Gottlieb and Dr. Mogel will discuss her book, The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, and how she bridged together two worlds — Parenting in today's world and Judaism. 12/11/06 Who can best describe the dangers of prejudice and hatred? Who can teach future generations not to repeat the horrors and crimes of the past? Holocaust survivor Gerda Weissmann Klein, and Morris Dees, an Alabama Civil Rights activist, have both dedicated their lives to teaching tolerance, and to ending hatred, bigotry and racism. These two internationally acclaimed figures recently spoke together for the very first time, right here at WHYY. We'll hear excerpts from this riveting conversation during which Weissmann Klein and Dees shared their life lessons. Weissmann Klein has written several books, among them "All but my Life." In 1998, she helped found the Gerda and Kurt Klein Foundation, which was formed to teach students about the importance of tolerance, respect and responsibility through character education and community service. Morris Dees is one of the founders of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The Center is internationally known for its tolerance education programs, and its legal victories against white supremacists and other hate groups. The SPLC's Teaching Tolerance program provides schools with free educational materials that aim to teach respect for differences and appreciation of diversity. The SPLC and the Klein Foundation teamed up to create a teaching kit about the Holocaust and Gerda's life, and over 60,000 of these kits have been distributed for free to schools all over the country. To find out more about these organizations and the teaching kit: 12/4/06 Growing up in Iran in the 1950s, author Nahid Rachlin dreamed of a future in America. She longed for personal freedom and an education. Rachlin managed to convince her oppressive father to let her go, but experienced devastating losses along her journey. Her beloved sister Pari stayed behind and followed a different path; an arranged marriage, and the loss of her dreams to become an actress. When Pari died under mysterious circumstances, Nahid decided to return to Iran and to face her difficult past. Rachlin joins us to talk about her childhood, her relationships with family members, and her new book "Persian Girls" |
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