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The Yiddish Writer and His Harem of Beautiful Translators

When Asaf Galay began to read Isaac Bashevis Singer in English, he noticed a note at the end of every story: “Translated by the author and ______.” The co-translator was almost always a woman. Who were these women? How much are they to thank for the reputation of the best-known Yiddish writer in the […]

By Leah Falk

Australian Spies Take on Hitler in the Weirdest TV Show Ever

Set in a strange, campy 1960s interpretation of World War II, Danger 5, an Australian action comedy, is the kind of show where cocktail recipes and freeform Santana-esque jamming play important—no, vital—roles. The plot is simple: Hitler is alive and well, and Danger 5, a ragtag team of international spies with terrible aim, must […]

The Nobel-Winning Scientist Who Wouldn’t Let the Nazis Keep Her Down

Born in Turin, in northwestern Italy, on April 22, 1909, Rita Levi-Montalcini had began her research on nerve cells at the University of Turin. But after being banned from the university in a purge of Jews in 1938, and then forced to hide during the Nazi occupation of Italy, she immigrated to the United States […]