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25/05/2020 - 17:32

Nonetheless, in late 1916, the German army undertook a Judenzählung (“Jew count”) of serving soldiers to see if Jews were doing... →

18/05/2020 - 19:28

She is bound by certain generic constraints—for instance, the historian is not supposed to make up facts, characters, or dialogue, as the... →

13/05/2020 - 13:34

In the religious Jewish community, which relies upon tradition for its internal fortitude, this unprecedentedness has caused its own brand... →

03/05/2020 - 17:54

According to “Theodor Herzl: The Charismatic Leader,” a newly-released biography by historian Derek Penslar, Zionism’s founder struggled... →

26/04/2020 - 15:35

The Black Death wiped out half the population of Europe in the space of four years. In some places the mortality was far swifter and... →

12/04/2020 - 14:24

These estimates are based on the losses up to this point, but they don’t include indirect damage caused, for example, by the layoff of... →

29/03/2020 - 15:35

Clearly, a lot can happen in a decade—but innovation has to start somewhere. Based on what’s breaking through now, here are some trends... →

24/03/2020 - 16:08

Now he foresees a similar outcome in the United States and the rest of the world. While many epidemiologists are warning of months, or even... →

15/03/2020 - 13:15

As recently as the 1950s, doctors considered exercise dangerous for people over age 40; for heart disease, which was then killing a record... →

08/03/2020 - 18:56

As the #MeToo movement barrels forward, as record numbers of women seek office, and as the Women’s March drives the resistance against the... →

02/03/2020 - 14:53

All of these brands are exclusively franchised to a company few have heard of, called Schestowitz. Founded in 1954 by Shimon... →

19/02/2020 - 17:35

In current environment, there is a bitter confrontation for regional hegemony between those three actors: Arab world, non – Arab states and... →

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