26
Jul
Aviva Kempner on ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’
The Spy Behind Home Plate, the fascinating story of the 1920s-1930s baseball catcher Moe Berg, is the latest film by Aviva Kempner.
23
Jul
Five Things to Know This Week: The Political Battle Over BDS and Free Speech
1. Trump triples down, makes Israel main reason for racist attacks
Though it’s been more than a week since President Trump launched his tirade against four...
22
Jul
Baltimore Jews Vow ‘Never Again’ in Protest Against ICE
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Dana Gerber
In temperatures nearing 100 degrees, the Baltimore Jews Protest Against ICE rally marched through the annual Artscape festival in midtown Baltimore on Sunday to protest current immigration policy on the national and local levels.
17
Jul
In Scorsese’s ‘Rolling Thunder Revue,’ Bob Dylan Is More Myth Than Man
Why make a documentary that is nearly as much fiction as fantasy, and why deliberately attempt to blur the two?
16
Jul
Five Things to Know: Trump Tirade’s Dangerous Israel Tie-In
1. When does making Israel a political football cross the line?
The short answer is: Right now.
Donald Trump’s latest barrage of tweets, suggesting that progressive non-white...
16
Jul
Book Review | Inheritance
That insight—that culture and identity are not DNA—is one that Dani Shapiro, author of the recently published Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, doesn’t get.
10
Jul
Thomas Buergenthal: More Than a Survivor
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Throughout his eighty-five years, Thomas Buergenthal has experienced justice from all angles. He has been deprived of it, reclaimed it, fought for it for others, and worked to strengthen it worldwide.
09
Jul
Five Things to Know This Week: Trump’s Israel Team Rallies Evangelical Base at CUFI Summit
Christians United For Israel Summit in Washington, DC hosted high level Trump Administration speakers, including John Bolton, U.S. Ambassador David Friedman and Jason Greenblatt
02
Jul
Five Things to Know This Week: Republican, Democrat Jewish Groups Prepare for Election Season
1. Where’s the Jewish community’s political energy?
With Donald Trump’s June 18 launch of his reelection campaign and after the first round of Democratic presidential debates,...
27
Jun
Visual Moment | When the Wild Things Sang
Going back to his early line drawings, you can see that Sendak liked to populate the world with Sendaks.
27
Jun
How Should We Use the Term ‘Concentration Camp’?
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Sam Gelman
When Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York used the term “concentration camp” last week to describe the current situation on the U.S. southern border, she sparked a vicious debate that became less about the crisis at the border and more about what the term really means.
27
Jun
Reading By Numbers: Applying Sports Analytics to Our Summer Books Symposium
Why not pick your next read by applying sports-style analytics?