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27/04/2021 - 13:23

Russia’s approach is colored by wider geopolitical considerations. The unmistakable convergence of Russian and Chinese leaders’ political... →

21/04/2021 - 12:57

The image showed a cross-section of Warsaw Jews fighting against a Nazi war machine intent on burning the ghetto to the ground. Most of the... →

16/04/2021 - 13:26

She recalls a family trip to the Grand Canyon when she was 10. In a photo taken that day, Laura and her parents sit on a bench, sporting... →

10/04/2021 - 13:06

This is one of the key takeaways from American-Israeli journalist and historian Gershom Gorenberg’s new book on the battle for North Africa... →

01/04/2021 - 14:25

A functional map of the brain tells us almost nothing about what it feels like to be alive. Even certain neuroscientists have an... →

26/03/2021 - 13:05

Noonan’s North bar and grill is in an unassuming blue clapboard building, just off Main Street in the town of Holy Cross, Iowa (population... →

11/03/2021 - 15:58

Katz, whose German-Jewish war refugee parents were scandalized by their teenage daughter’s pregnancy, calling her a hure (German... →

27/02/2021 - 12:56

Fry wrote the comments in his review of the new book “Jews Don’t Count” by comedian and writer David Baddiel. The review was sent to... →

19/02/2021 - 16:06

To stop the warming and avoid the worst effects of climate change, humans need to stop adding greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. The... →

Estranged

14/02/2021 - 14:17

Afamily member’s reaction to the pandemic shines a light on the painful reality that some adult children want little or nothing to do with... →

07/02/2021 - 11:58

It turns out that thieves in the 15th century – Jewish ones, too – brought with them all sorts of weird stuff. “The thieves that enter... →

01/02/2021 - 13:38

The Muslim minority of the Xinjiang region in China are undergoing systematic persecution, mass incarceration and the ... →

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