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Jews and Germans in Eastern Europe
Preface
In the last 25 years historiography has shifted its focus increasingly away from long standing “methodological nationalism” and toward more transnational approaches and perspectives. These take an interest in relational aspects of history, moving...
Jewish identity in Lithuania today
Join YIVO for a conversation about the resurgence of interest in Jewish identity in Lithuania today. YIVO’s Executive Director Jonathan Brent will interview Miglė Anušauskaitė, Anna Avidan, Kestas Pikunas, and former Lithuanian Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas about their work with...
Group of Jewish Google employees demand CEO sever ties with Israeli business, IDF
A group of Jewish Google employees has demanded that the tech giant express its solidarity with the Palestinians and terminate any contracts with businesses or organizations that “support Israeli violations of Palestinian human rights,”...
Heed the lessons of Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky is exiting the center stage of Jewish life. The 70-year-old former Soviet dissident and prisoner of Zion turned author, Israeli politician and, for the last eight years, the head of the Jewish...
Five Jewish refugees who changed the world /Watch
In honor of World Refugee Day, the WJC has launched a social media campaign dedicated to the millions of refugees displaced from their homes.
https://youtu.be/CH9xcyTv3tg
Trump’s ‘Religious Liberty’ Executive Order Should Scare The Bejesus Out of the Jews
Be careful what you wish for.
For years, the Christian Right, abetted by some Orthodox Jewish allies, has claimed that there’s a war on religion in America. Sometimes it’s the “War on Christmas,” sometimes it’s...
A miracle in Israel? Christian, Muslim and Jewish mothers march together
A recent small miracle was almost completely ignored by media: thousands of Jewish, Muslim and Christian women walked through Israel, together, demanding peace.
Recently, alongside Israeli singer Yael Deckelbaum, they released the song “Prayer of the...
8 Moments of Muslim-Jewish Solidarity That Will Give You Hope
2017 has been such a trying year already for religious and ethnic minorities in America, especially given the spike in hate crimes against marginalized groups, JCC bomb threats, scary deportations of immigrants, and a...