Carol Kahn Strauss
Carol Kahn Strauss (born September 21, 1944 in New York City ) is an American publicist and institute director.
Life
Carol Kahn is the daughter of the Dortmund lawyer Alfred Kahn (1899–1983) and Lotte Landau (1912–2004), who later worked as a broker in the USA . Both had to flee Germany in 1938.
Carol Kahn studied Political Science at Columbia University (BSc, 1970) and Hunter College , (MSc, 1973). She worked in public administration. She was a senior editor at the Hudson Institute and a book editor for the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. She was elected President of the Habonim Congregation in Manhattan from 1984 to 1992 . She has been married to Peter Strauss since 1989. At the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) she was Executive Director from 1994 and has been its International Director since 2012. A branch of the LBI was opened in Berlin under her aegis .
Carol Kahn Strauss received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 2005 and the Great Federal Cross of Merit in 2015.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guide to the Carol Kahn Strauss Family Collection 1826-1999 , at Center for Jewish History
- ↑ Carol Kahn Strauss , at prabooks
- ^ Congregation Habonim , website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kahn Strauss, Carol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American publicist and director of the institute |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |