Mystical Coincidence of
Naming Karen - PAGE 40
They chose the name
Karen, in part, after
the character Linda
admired in one of her
favorite books, the 1958
classic, Exodus, by Leon
Uris....
The book’s character,
Karen, was a “beautiful,
gentle, sweet, young
woman,” says Linda, not
recalling at the time
that by the end of the
story, Karen Hansen
Clement, who survived
the Holocaust and
immigrated to Israel,
was stabbed to death by
terrorists. It was
certainly an ominous
namesake.
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