A Legend of Innocence

ClciK Here to Read: A Legend of Innocence: French Jews find themselves in a delicate position as once-settled debates about the country’s wartime past flare up again BY Daniel Solomon on the Tablet website on June 28, 2022.
French Jews of the Middle Ages. From the 1901-1906 Jewish Ecyclopedia.  Image: Singer, Isidore, 1859-1939; Adler, Cyrus, 1863-1940.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Yiddish Folk Song in Classical Music

Click Here to Read: Yiddish Folk Song in Classical Music: Since before the 18th century, Jewish folk melodies have had a rich, unexpected influence on musical composition  by Alex Weiser on the Tablet website on June 24, 2022.
A photograph of Joel Engel, Russian composer and ethnomusicologist, with an Edison phonograph used in recording Jewish folk songs.  Image:  Author Unknown.  Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons,

Here’s what really happened on Juneteenth

Click Here to Read: Here’s what really happened on Juneteenth: And here’s why it’s time for supremacists and their sympathizers to surrender by Robin Washington on the Forward website on June 13, 2022.  This is an updated version of a column originally published on June 18, 2021.
Image: Galveston Daily News, June 21, 1865, Gen. Gordon Granger announces “all slaves are free” Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons