Click Here to Read: ‘Orientalism,’ Then and Now by Adam Shatz on the New York Review of Books Daily website on May 10. 2019.
Click Here to Read: The Storied History of Yiddish Publishing: The Influential Publishers and Formidable Editors Who Brought Yiddish Books to the World by Zachary M. Baker PublishedWinter 2016 / 5777 Part of issue number 74 of the Pakn Treger Magazine of the Yiddish Book Center.
First and last pages of ABC book in Yiddish for Jewish primary schools in Poland. Warsaw, 1958. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Photography Friday: Dr Arnie Richards
Do civilisations collapse?
Click Here to Read: Do civilisations collapse? The idea that the Maya or Easter Islanders experienced an apocalyptic end makes for good television but bad archaeology by Guy D Middleton on the Aeon website.
Ahu Tongariki, the largest platform and collection of Moai ever erected on Rapa Nui (Eastern Island). Image: Bradenfox. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
COVID-19, Haredi Jewry, and ‘Magical’ Thinking
Click Here to Read: COVID-19, Haredi Jewry, and ‘Magical’ Thinking: During quarantine, we judge the ultra-Orthodox for practicing what other Jews preach by Shaul Magid on the Tablet website on April 30, 2020.
Haredi or Charedi/Chareidi Judaism is the most conservative form of Orthodox Judaism, often referred to as ultra-Orthodox. A follower of Haredi Judaism is called a Haredi (Haredim in the plural). Image: Alex Proimos from Sydney, Australia. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
