Heidi Landecker
@heidiland.bsky.social
former copy editor (The Chronicle of Higher Ed, The Boston Globe), fact checker (The Atlantic); now free-lance writer (TNYKer, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, CHE, B'nai B'rith Magazine)
Thanks to the exec editor and photo editors @forward.com for improving and publishing my story about a Dutch school that saved my dad from the Nazis in 1940. The reasons he never spoke of it will remind you of today: forward.com/culture/7985...
What will become of the Dutch farm school that saved my father from the Nazis?
A plan to create a housing and a new memorial center on the site of Holland's 'Werkdorp Wieringermeer' is drawing mixed reviews.
forward.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Thanks to the exec editor and photo editors @forward.com for improving and publishing my story about a Dutch school that saved my dad from the Nazis in 1940. The reasons he never spoke of it will remind you of today: forward.com/culture/7985...
My Chronicle story on three professors in their 90s (below) led to two podcasts, "Age, Creativity, and Culture," the latest (where we discuss language change, with help from my millennial sons Noah and Abra and their Gen Z cousin, Ash), is here: newbooksnetwork.com/age-creativi...
Age, Creativity and Culture: Reconsideration of how the Phases of Life Influence Knowledge, Experience, and Creation - New Books Network
newbooksnetwork.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:36 AM
My Chronicle story on three professors in their 90s (below) led to two podcasts, "Age, Creativity, and Culture," the latest (where we discuss language change, with help from my millennial sons Noah and Abra and their Gen Z cousin, Ash), is here: newbooksnetwork.com/age-creativi...
I learned this week that the story I wrote for B'nai B'rith magazine about the 1st farm school that saved my father (there was a 2nd one in Holland) won a Rockower award from the American Jewish Press Association. Thanks to all at B'nai B'rith who made it better! www.bnaibrith.org/news-media/b...
B'nai B'rith Magazine - Winter 2024 Feature Stories
Impact: Emerging Leaders Fellowship Apply Now! Winter 2024 Table of Contents Bagels and Balalaikas: A Return to Brighton BeachGross Breesen: A Temporary
www.bnaibrith.org
May 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I learned this week that the story I wrote for B'nai B'rith magazine about the 1st farm school that saved my father (there was a 2nd one in Holland) won a Rockower award from the American Jewish Press Association. Thanks to all at B'nai B'rith who made it better! www.bnaibrith.org/news-media/b...
