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How Comics Help Us Combat Holocaust Fatigue
You might not remember where you were when you first saw a panel from Art Spiegelman’s “Maus,” but you probably do remember how you felt: shocked. Jews as mice, Nazis as cats, the Holocaust presented in the form of classic cartoon enmity. What could be stranger, more unsettling? Here’s what: discovering that the first artist…
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WATCH: Why This Twilight Zone Episode Is More Timely Than Ever
“The tools of conquest do not necessarily come with bombs and explosions and fallout. There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices to be found only in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill, and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all of…
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Why Radiohead Will Be Playing Israel — Again
Radiohead has added a new date to their global tour for “A Moon Shaped Pool,” and it’s a significant one for their Israeli fans. In a tweet earlier today, the British art-rock deities announced they would play Park Hayarkon in Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 19th. According to Billboard this is the fourth time Radiohead…
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How the Literary World Is Fighting the Muslim Ban
A group of literary agents is publicizing an open call for submissions from Muslim writers, in response to the recently instituted Federal ban on refugees and immigrants from seven majority-Muslim countries. “Like so many of you, we are gravely alarmed by the present administration’s recent broad ban on refugees and immigrants from Muslim countries,” the…
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Living in the 90s: The Sequel
Hineni. Here I am. Well, here I am again, a year later. I just turned 94. Some of you may remember an article I wrote for the Forward in October 2015. To bring you up to date, a year is a long time but it flew by like a chalom — a dream. I am…
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When Albert Einstein’s Pal Found the Constitutional Flaw That Can Lead to Fascism
As many around the world worry about Donald Trump’s presidency and the potentially fascist future of the United States, it is worth remembering a little known anecdote about the famed mathematician and logician Kurt Gödel. You likely know Gödel’s name in relation to the “incompleteness theorems” – two theorems of mathematical logic dealing with axiomatic systems…
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Will Nazi-Hunter Simon Wiesenthal Become Comic Book Superhero?
For those who want a real life superhero, “Simon Says: Nazi Hunter” may be your comic book answer. The comic book draws from real life Holocaust survivor turned Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesenthal. If you are already hooked, don’t hold your breath: The creators have only finished 10-pages out of the expected 32-page graphic novel. Andre…
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The Batsheva Dance Company’s ‘Last Work’ Is A Revelation
Ohad Naharin, the acclaimed Israeli choreographer of the equally acclaimed Batsheva Dance Company, recently had the New York debut of his most recent work, “Last Work” at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The piece is not (let’s hope) Naharin’s final creation, at least there is no indication, either in the press or from the man…
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Why a Canadian Imam’s Eulogy Is Drawing Praise — Even From J.K. Rowling
Imam Hassan Guillet surprised mourners at a funeral for three victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting which left 6 dead and several others wounded, some critically, by expressing empathy for the shooter himself. His eulogy was praised online by many in the days following, including an appreciative tweet by no less than JK Rowling….
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The Secret Jewish History of Bon Jovi
Coming off a banner year in which the 34-year-old pop-metal band released its sixth No. 1 album, Bon Jovi is ready to rock its way through 2017, kicking off a major tour of U.S. arenas in Greenville, South Carolina, on February 8, with shows scheduled well into April. Why, at the age of 55, does…
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Why Donald Trump Sounds Smarter in Russian
Considering how often President Donald Trump praises Vladimir Putin and suggests that close cooperation between Russia and the U.S. would be a good thing, it is strange that there is so little American media coverage of how Trump is coming across in Russia. A rare exception was when David Filipov, the Moscow bureau chief for…
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