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

CUNY Schools Jews on the New Race Regime

By Tamar SchwartzJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022 Politics

Click Here to Read: CUNY Schools Jews on the New Race Regime: Skipped by the university’s chancellor for the second time, Thursday’s hearings to address allegations of pervasive student and faculty antisemitism ended in bitter stalemate BY Armin Rosen on the Tablet website on July 01, 2022.
B. Altman Building CUNY Graduate Center 34th Street entrance

A Legend of Innocence

By Tamar SchwartzJune 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Politics

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.

Roe v Wade has been overturned. Here’s what this will mean

By Tamar SchwartzJune 26, 2022June 26, 2022 Politics

Click Here to Read: Roe v Wade has been overturned. Here’s what this will mean by Moira Donegan on the Guardian website on Jun2 24, 2022.
|Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Pro-choice demonstration in front of SCOTUS. Image: jordanuhl7. 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.

Leading Contemporary Art Show Opens in Germany Amid Political Storm Over ‘Antisemitic’ Exhibits

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

Click Here to Read: Leading Contemporary Art Show Opens in Germany Amid Political Storm Over ‘Antisemitic’ Exhibits by Ben Cohen on the Algemeiner website on June 19, 2021.

Fridericianum, location of Documenta Art Exhibit. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons