For lifelong scholar Carl Rheins, nothing Jewish was alien

By Tamar SchwartzApril 4, 2020April 4, 2020 Books, History, Literature

Click Here to Read: For lifelong scholar Carl Rheins, nothing Jewish was alien by Benjamin Ivry on the Forward website on April 1, 2020.
A lit Yom Hashoah candle in a dark room on Yom Hashoah. Image: Valley2city. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Boccaccio’s The Decameron

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 30, 2020March 30, 2020 History, Literature, Science

Click Here to Read: Boccaccio’s The Decameron on the Middle Ages.net website.
Boccaccio’s ‘The plague of Florence in 1348. This file comes from Wellcome Images, a website operated by Wellcome Trust, a global charitable foundation based in the United Kingdom. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Adaptation of Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America on HBO

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Film, Literature

Click Here to Read: Adaptation of Philip Roth’s The Plot Against America on HBO: If the US had gone fascist By David Walsh on the World Socialist Web Site March 25, 2020.

Further signs of life: The Best American Short Stories 2019

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Literature

Click Here to Read: Further signs of life: The Best American Short Stories 2019 By James McDonald on the World Socialist Web Site on March 21, 2020.

Emma. and Jane Austen’s realism

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 20, 2020March 20, 2020 Film, Literature

Click Here to Read: Emma. and Jane Austen’s realism By Joanne Laurier on the World Socialist Web Site on March 20, 2020.

The controversy surrounding Jeanine Cummins’s novel American Dirt

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Books, Literature

Click Here to Read: The controversy surrounding Jeanine Cummins’s novel American Dirt By Sandy English on the World Socialist Web Site on March 3, 2020.

Has teaching objective truths become inconvenient?

By Tamar SchwartzMarch 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Literature, Science

Click Here to Read: Has teaching objective truths become inconvenient?
Nathan M Greenfield on the University World News website on March 7, 2020.
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