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A new exhibit honors writer Lore Segal, a child survivor and lifelong skeptic of easy truths

JL;DR SUMMARY An exhibit titled "And That's True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal," running at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, celebrates the nuanced legacy of writer Lore Segal, a child survivor of the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HolocaustNew YorkKindertransportJewish WritersViennaTruthLiteratureExhibitionKing LearLore Segal

Places mentioned

Manhattan, New York, United States
"a 1939 studio portrait arranged by Segals Liverpool foster mother is featured in the exhibit And Thats True Too: The Life and Work of Lore Segal at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan."
Vienna, Austria
"The first iteration, mounted in Viennas Bezirksmuseum Josefstadt located in the district where Segal grew up, and, as Hanta later discovered, near the hospital where she was born drew thousands of visitors."
Liverpool, United Kingdom
"a 1939 studio portrait arranged by Segals Liverpool foster mother is featured in the exhibit And Thats True Too."
London, United Kingdom
"includes notebooks from Bedford College in London, where Segal studied after the war, filled with short stories entered into competitions."
Dominican Republic
"Later she would join her family in the Dominican Republic, and they eventually found refuge in Washington Heights, the Manhattan redoubt for German-speaking Jews."
Washington Heights, New York, United States
"Later she would join her family in the Dominican Republic, and they eventually found refuge in Washington Heights, the Manhattan redoubt for German-speaking Jews."

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