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Interviewed by the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle in 2019 following a program at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, she advised on facing communal tragedy like the previous year’s shooting at a synagogue: “…try to step back and say ‘My heart’s broken about this but I need to do my job.’”
Totenberg was born in Manhattan, New York City, the eldest daughter of Melanie Francis (Eisenberg), a real estate broker, and violinist Roman Totenberg. Her father was a Polish Jewish immigrant, who lost many of his family members in the Holocaust.
- American
- Boston University
- 1965–present
Sep 19, 2019 · The duo then went on to discuss how the Supreme Court used to be in session during the Jewish High Holidays, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Ginsburg, of course, changed that tradition. “The chief...
Oct 27, 2022 · Celebrated NPR correspondent Nina Totenberg delivers an extraordinary memoir of her personal successes, struggles, and life affirming relationships, including her beautiful friendship of nearly fifty years with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Nov 2, 2022 · Nina Totenberg is a rarity in journalism, a reporter who has spent more than 40 years covering one beat: the Supreme Court. Her tenure is longer than that of any of the current justices sitting...
Sep 22, 2022 · Totenberg called her at Rutgers where she was teaching to ask about a case, Reed v. Reed. Attorneys in the case argued that the Fourteenth Amendment’s “equal protection” clause, written to...
Jan 26, 2021 · Totenberg reacts to learning how one of her grandmothers escaped to the United States during the Holocaust by way of Portugal with the help of a sympathetic official.
