by Emily Shwake Rita Gabis comes from two identities: Eastern European Jews and Lithuanian Catholics. For much of Gabis’s life,
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When New York’s Yeshiva University Museum first opened its doors in April 1973, its core collection consisted of a series of ceremonial objects recovered from Nazi Europe and a striking collection of ten accurately rendered, intricately detailed scale models of historic synagogues. Now, for the first time in nearly three ...
"Why does the mother persist with the song sheets and the records? No one knows the answer. But still, she passes them out, and still they groan, and in the meantime, the songs work their way into the brain circuitry of the children." ...
The Republican presidential candidates came ready to brandish their Israel-friendly credentials at an all-day forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition Thursday. ...
by Emily Shwake No matter how much you think you know about the Holocaust, Timothy Snyder’s new book Black Earth:
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by Laura Davis Nearly 50 years after the Six-Day War ended with a resounding Israeli victory, several men came together
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Jews have had a place in racial justice since the mid-20th century, when rabbis around the country stood by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. throughout his fight for civil rights. But now some are asking what the role of Jews should be in today’s national conversation about race. ...
Historian Derek Taylor explores the answer in this 800th anniversary year of the historic document. ...
While there must be no dismissal or flippancy about the killing of Israelis, there is a need to put this series of attacks into its proper perspective. ...
President Barack Obama meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday in the context of a new reality: that a two-state solution will not be negotiated on his watch. ...
After facing controversy, Washington DC's Theater J has a new leader. ...
by Emily Shwake Jeffrey Herf is a professor of modern European intellectual history at the University of Maryland. He has
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