History professor Julian E. Zelizer offers the first analysis of the Biden presidency. Did he mishandle October 7? ...

King Henry VIII still looms large in England and worldwide. He’s a frequent visitor to our TV screens in dramas

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ICE's “Operation Metro Surge” in Minneapolis, MN, has made many observers wonder if history’s darkest chapter could be repeating itself. ...
Ambassador Rose recently absolved Poland and its people of any responsibility for the genocide of European Jewry during World War II. ...
By 2019, fewer than 20 Jews remained in Egypt, most of them elderly women. As of 2025, the number of openly practicing Jews in the country is believed to be under five. ...
The Russell Crowe-Rami Malek film comes at a time when the moral conclusions of history may be more tenuous than we thought. ...
The future of Jewish life in Poland is neither established nor secure, but nor is it foreclosed. Poland is an opportunity. ...
What would Brandeis make of a Supreme Court that rules in favor of granting presidential immunity from criminal prosecution and puts corporate interests above the populace? ...
From the spring of 1945 until the summer of 1950, the Bergen-Belsen DP camp was one of the most vibrant Jewish communities anywhere in the world, having emerged almost phoenix-like in the immediate wake of the Holocaust. ...
And who is Jacob Schiff that he should be embarrassed by my Uncle Ben Daynovsky? ...
Missed opportunities at a few key junctures have festered for decades. ...
Today, notwithstanding President Trump’s faltering approval numbers overall, he is rated higher on immigration than on any other issue. ...