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Allan Winkler

Allan Winkler

Allan Winkler's grandson

Observations: Family

"I’ve long envied folks whose extended families live nearby. I have friends here in Oxford whose kids and grandkids live in Hamilton, or Cincinnati, or even a bit farther away, but close enough to see regularly without any trouble."

Observations: Auschwitz on my mind

"And it made me think, even more than I had before, about antisemitism and the attacks on synagogues and Jews, both around the world and in the United States."

Former President of the United States Barack Obama speaking with supporters at a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris

Observations: Barack Obama recalled

"About 20 years ago, I was teaching at the University of Nairobi in Kenya, on a Fulbright grant, when I received a copy of Barack Obama’s new book, 'Dreams from My Father.'"

Atomic blast.

Observations: The atomic age and me

"My father was a Japanese language officer, who interrogated prisoners and translated captured documents in the Pacific. He also went into Nagasaki after that bomb obliterated the city."

Observations: Political Decency

"Politics is persuasion. But for persuasion to have any power, it needs to rely on the truth."

Residents of Oxford cut a large red ribbon in front of the Oxford Community Arts Center

Observations: The Oxford Community Arts Center

"The arts center began as a dream in 1999. OxAct, the local drama group, saw the empty building on the corner of High and College Streets as a potential home."

A painting of a man holding a book

Observations: The Humanities Center

"A dozen or so years ago, Karen Schilling, Dean of the College of Arts and Science, came to me with the request to create a new Humanities Center."