Karen Leon

Karen Leon is a photographer, cartoonist, and illustrator. Her photos regularly accompanied Masha Leon’s columns in The Forward and Tablet. She is currently working on the biography of her mother.

Songs of Sugihara’s Survivors
Paying musical tribute to the Japanese diplomat who rescued thousands of Jews during the Holocaust
byKaren Leon
Four Sisters, Four Survivors
A new documentary from ‘Shoah’ director Claude Lanzmann
byKaren Leon
Using Nazism’s Legacy to Train Young Professionals in Ethics
The Fellowships at Auschwitz Ethical Leadership Awards program asks pressing moral questions to students of law, business, medicine, journalism, and religion
byKaren Leon
New Hungarian Film Explores Guilt of Those Who Looted the Property of Deported Jews
In ‘1945,’ parsing the complacency of those who benefited from the Holocaust
byKaren Leon
A Mission to Rescue All the Jewish History Captured on Film
The Foundation For Preserving The Visual History of The Jewish People held its inaugural gala last month in New York. The event showcased the importance of the organization’s mission.
byKaren Leon
Honoring Chiune Sugihara, Righteous Among the Nations
A ceremony in D.C. paid respect to the Japanese diplomat who saved my mother’s life
byKaren Leon