raoul wallenberg

This week Andrew talks with former pro basketball player and accomplished writer Dan Grunfeld. Dan is the son of former New York Knicks star & NBA executive Ernie Grunfeld, the only player in NBA history whose parents survived the Holocaust. Dan chronicled his family’s remarkable story of tragedy, survival, & triumph in his book By The Grace of the Game. As you'll hear, Dan's family experienced tremendous loss in the Holocaust. In this conversation, Andrew asks Dan all about his family’s history, what he learned from it, and the impact it has on him today. Like Andrew, whose grandparents also survived the Holocaust, so much of Dan’s life is shaped deeply by his own family’s history. This is a powerful conversation filled with lessons on navigating adversity, maintaining perspective, & seeing the good in every situation.

Show Highlights:

(3:53) - Dan's family story
(5:18) - Raoul Wallenberg saving Dan's grandmother
(7:41) - Impact of family history on Dan's life
(9:47) - Andrew's takeaways from his family's story
(11:02) - Growing up around New York Knicks
(12:48) - Dealing with pressure
(13:51) - Overcoming public scrutiny
(15:45) - Keeping things in perspective
(19:54) - College basketball career at Stamford
(20:04) - Navigating adversity
(23:33) - Playing pro in Europe & Israel
(24:40) - Two "life mantras" to live by
(28:32) - Passing on stories to future generations

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Social, political, and economic issues come into being, policies are translated into concrete actions, rights are vindicated at the local level. So how can the human rights framework empower all involved?

He was brilliant, brave, and curious — and his tale unspools like a thrilling mystery. Architect Raoul Wallenberg, ’35, protected thousands of Jews from the Nazis in World War II. And then he vanished off the face of the earth. Details of his disappearance remain a mystery to this day, but he likely was murdered in a Russian prison shortly after the war ended. And though he is gone, the descendants of those Wallenberg saved continue to walk this earth, thanks to his courage and ingenuity.

Each year the University confers its Wallenberg Medal to those individuals who demonstrate the capacity of the human spirit to stand up for the helpless, defend the integrity of the powerless, and speak out on behalf of the voiceless.

The 2018 Wallenberg Medal recognized two youth organizations working to end gun violence. Representatives for the Chicago-based youth organization B.R.A.V.E. and the student activists behind March For Our Lives in Parkland, Fla., accepted the honors Nov. 14 in Rackham Auditorium.

Read full story at Michigan Today

View video of the 2018 medal ceremony and speeches by the youth leaders

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