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Shira Brisman

Shira Brisman is a Ph.D. candidate at Yale University in the Department of Art History. Previously she was curatorial assistant at The Jewish Museum in New York.

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Salka Viertel

Salka Viertel was an influential actress, writer, and organizer of Jewish European immigrants in Hollywood. Viertel co-wrote screenplays for several Greta Garbo films. Her Hollywood salon welcomed émigrés such as Thomas and Heinrich Mann, Bertolt Brecht, Fred Zinnemann, Arnold Schoenberg, and Reinhardt.

Geneviève Straus

Geneviève Straus-“an incomparable woman, unique, with infinite grace, and a supreme spirit”- was a muse to Marcel Proust and hosted influential salons attended by artists, politicians, and nobility.

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Shira Brisman." (Viewed on December 25, 2024) <https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/author/brisman-shira>.