In Poland, a return to the scene of an unspeakable crime

By Tamar SchwartzJuly 13, 2022July 13, 2022 History, Politics

Click Here to Read: In Poland, a return to the scene of an unspeakable crime: A journey to Jedwabne, site of the massacre of 1,600 Jews, kindles both anger and a sense of redemption By Gary Lucas on the Forward website on July 09, 2022
.Memorial in Jedwabne, dedicated to murdered Jews: In remembrance of the Jews from Jedwabne and surrounding areas, men, women, children, co-habitants of this earth, murdered, burned alive here on July 10th, 1941. Image: Fczarnowski Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

What a 1904 War Can Teach Vladimir Putin

By Tamar SchwartzJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022 History, Politics

Click Here to Read: What a 1904 War Can Teach Vladimir Putin: The Russo-Japanese War led not just to an immediate revolution, but to deeper and longer-lasting change years later By David Gioe on the Atlantic website on June 23, 2022.
The Russo-Japanese war fully illustrated : v. 1-3 (no. 1-10), Apr. 1904-Sept. 1905 Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

Yiddish Folk Song in Classical Music

By Tamar SchwartzJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022 Arts, History

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,

The second amendment of the US Constitution by Henry Kaminer

By Tamar SchwartzJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022 History, Politics

Click Here to Read: The second amendment of the US Constitution by Henry Kaminer on June 25, 2022,
Bill of Rights. Author: 1st United States Congress. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Here’s what really happened on Juneteenth

By Tamar SchwartzJune 20, 2022June 20, 2022 History, Politics

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

Leopold Bloom, Good for the Jews?

By Tamar SchwartzJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022 History, Literature

Click Here to Read: Leopold Bloom, Good for the Jews? Joyceans around the world would argue that the Dubliner is the best Jew in literature by Jonah Raskin on the Tablet website on June 16, 2022.
James Joyce playing a guitar Image: Ottocaro Weiss (photographer). Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Bisexuality was the Bloomsbury norm

By Tamar SchwartzJune 10, 2022June 10, 2022 History, Literature

Click Here to Read: Bisexuality was the Bloomsbury norm: Many of the younger Bloomsberries continued the group’s tradition of living in squares and loving in triangles, according to Nino Strachey From The Spectator magazine issue: 11 June 2022.
Julia Strachey per Dora Carrington Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.