Rescuing Yiddish History

By Tamar SchwartzMay 9, 2019May 9, 2019 History

Click Here to Read: Rescuing Yiddish History: Rokhl’s Golden City: How the archives of a legendary newspaper were saved from the garbage By Rokhl Kafrissen on the Tablet website on May 8, 2019.

Holocaust-Era Cattle Car Comes to Manhattan, Bringing Uneasy Questions

By Tamar SchwartzMay 9, 2019May 9, 2019 History

Click Here to Read: Holocaust-Era Cattle Car Comes to Manhattan, Bringing Uneasy Questions by Jim O’Grady on the WNYC News website on May 7, 2019.

Original boxcar used for transports to the Nazi concentration camps; Fort van Breendonk, Belgium. Photo: JoJan. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

What Can Be Done to Prevent Suicide?

By Tamar SchwartzMay 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Psychoanalysis

Click Here to Read: What Can Be Done to Prevent Suicide? Readers react to an article about how suicide prevention efforts are falling short Letters to the editors of The New York Times on May 7, 2019.

Clergy: An uncompromising film about the hypocrisy and corruption of the Catholic Church in Poland

By Tamar SchwartzMay 9, 2019May 9, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: Clergy: An uncompromising film about the hypocrisy and corruption of the Catholic Church in Poland By Stefan Steinberg on the World Socialist Web Site on May 8, 2019.

Movies Monday: Taxi Driver

By Tamar SchwartzMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: Taxi Driver: Is Travis Bickle A Hero? Reality Or Grandiose Fantasy? by Dr. Sandra E. Cohen on her Characters on the Couch Blog on May 2, 2019.

The return of Avraham Sutzkever

By Tamar SchwartzMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019 History, Literature

Click Here to Read: The return of Avraham Sutzkever: The ‘greatest Yiddish poet who ever lived’ was a Holocaust hero who, when he came to Israel, was largely ignored by Asher Weill on the Times of Israel website on May 6, 2019.

Abraham Sutzkever (1913-2011) and Shmerke Kaczerginski (1908-1954). Taken in the 1930s. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Red Joan: A British spy story skirts some issues

By Tamar SchwartzMay 7, 2019May 7, 2019 Film

Click Here to Read: Red Joan: A British spy story skirts some issues By Fred Mazelis on the World Socialist Web Site on May 6, 2019.