HE NAMED ME MALALA
A Father Gives A Daughter
Her Voice

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | October 6, 2015

Davis Guggenheim’s documentary film, He Named Me Malala, on the life of 18-year-old Pakistani Nobel Prize laureate and activist for the education of girls has opened in theaters to mixed reviews. I haven’t seen it yet, but I will. I’ve been thinking about the part a father plays in whether a daughter loves or hates…

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FRANCINE CHRISTOPHE’S CHOCOLATE
The Way A Baby Lives

By Dr. Sandra E. Cohen | October 4, 2015

Listen. It is 1941 in Bergen-Belson concentration camp, a non-extermination camp where many prisoners died nonetheless of starvation. Francine Christophe is 8 years old, bearing a large Star of David (Juif) on her chest, imprisoned there with her mother, the barracks head. A strong and reassuring mother, keeping chocolate for the moment her daughter needed it…

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