Ruth Linn
Encyclopedia
Ruth Linn is an Israel
i academic and currently Dean
of the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa
in Israel. Her research interests are how moral decisions are made in stressful situations such as war and the Holocaust
, and women's psychology and education.
She is the author of four books, including Mature Unwed Mothers: Narratives of Moral Resistance (2002) and Escaping Auschwitz: A Culture of Forgetting (2004).
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i academic and currently Dean
Dean (education)
In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...
of the Faculty of Education at the University of Haifa
University of Haifa
The University of Haifa is a university in Haifa, Israel.The University of Haifa was founded in 1963 by Haifa mayor Abba Hushi, to operate under the academic auspices of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem....
in Israel. Her research interests are how moral decisions are made in stressful situations such as war and the Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
, and women's psychology and education.
She is the author of four books, including Mature Unwed Mothers: Narratives of Moral Resistance (2002) and Escaping Auschwitz: A Culture of Forgetting (2004).
Further reading
- Laor, Yitzhak. "Auschwitz, They Tell Me You've Become Popular", Haaretz, December 26, 2004 (a review of Linn's Escaping Auschwitz: A Culture of Forgetting)
- Johnson, Pat. "Israeli narrative omits Vrba", Jewish Independent, April 21, 2006.