How Conspiracy Theories Help Us To Feel Alive
Our news these days seems to be literally overflowing with stories about conspiracies and accusations of conspiracies. One very prominent conspiracy to come to the surface recently is that where Russia supposedly influenced the...
Mexico stood up to Reagan. It can stand up to Trump, too
A great debate is underway in foreign ministries, intelligence agencies and trade associations with regard to President-elect Donald Trump’s true intentions. The ongoing guessing game in many of the world’s larger capitals involves a...
Tom Segev, Holocaust Living History Workshop at UCSD
Born in Jerusalem to parents who had fled Nazi Germany, Israeli journalist Tom Segev is a leading figure among the so-called New Historians, who have challenged many of Israel’s traditional narratives or “founding myths.”
His...
The Preachers On Trump’s Inaugural Podium; a Hispanic among them
Donald Trump’s inaugural committee has announced that six faith leaders will take part in his swearing-in ceremony by offering prayers or delivering readings. Among them are Rabbi Marvin Hier, founder and dean of the...
12 inspiring Jews who died in 2016
It’s a fact of life: Scores of notable people pass away each year. But for some reason — whether it’s the continued aging of the baby boomer generation, the increasingly loud echo chambers on social media...
Dershowitz:”Obama stabbed Israel in the back!”
That’s not the way policy should be made, to get even in the lame duck period when there are no checks and balances and you don’t have to worry about an election. It’s the...
Sephardic singer Flory Jagoda keeps the music of her prewar bosnian childhood alive
The Hanukkah song “Ocho Kandelikas” (Eight Little Candles) is often referred to as a “traditional Sephardic song.” In fact, it was written in 1983 by Flory Jagoda, an 88-year-old Sephardic folk singer who still...
Robots that deliver the goods
In the ever increasing search to find ways to eliminate unnecessary human connections in the modern world, an online food ordering and delivery service company from the U.K. called Just Eat is going to...
Nurturing immigrant art and giving back
Makeda “Dread” Cheatom believes the world would be a better place if people took the time to learn about and respect other cultures. She believes there would be less prejudice and a greater understanding...
Dehumanization
In 1942, a pamphlet hit the German newsstands, entitled The Subhuman, edited by Heinrich Himmler and published under the imprimatur of the SS. Its purpose was to educate the German public about the threat...