What Makes A Museum Good?
This week, I wrote about the retirement of The Jewish Museum's director Joan Rosenbaum, who's led the museum for 30 years. But the story of her career raises a few fundamental questions that The...
View ArticleWitnessing The Liberation Of Slaves In Sudan
Charles Jacobs Special To The Jewish Week On Jan. 15, the people of southern Sudan completed a weeklong vote that will likely break Sudan, Africa’s largest country, in two. Why?read more
View ArticleOn the Jewish Mount Rushmore, Would Ulysses S. Grant Make it?
Do you ever wonder what, one hundred years from now, historians will make of Obama’s record? And how about something more specific: his record with Jews? I do. But reading Jenna Weissman Joselit’s...
View ArticleStill Fighting Slavery
Thu, 03/28/2013 Editorial Slavery is a constant companion at our seder tables each year.read more
View ArticleAt City Hall, Black And Jewish Teens Share Perspectives On Prejudice (Story...
Adam DIckter Assistant Managing Editor Armani Rivera, 14, recalled the day she made a purchase at a candy store and was treated with suspicion by the clerk."He waved me away," she said. Ilay Fachima,...
View ArticleThe Rav And The Rebbe On Spiritual Slavery Of Modernity
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz Jewish Week Online Columnist As slaves, we experienced three primary forms of oppression: gerut (alienation), avdut (servitude) and innui (affliction), [Genesis 15:14]. Our...
View ArticleSee One Person, Be One Person
Rabbi Debra Orenstein Special To The Jewish Week Holocaust educators know that some numbers are almost impossible to comprehend: six million Jews; 11 million people; 1.5 million children, 1.1 of them...
View ArticleAt Virginia Seder, A Unique Flavor Of Slavery
Steve Lipman Staff Writer Historic university reinforces students’ understanding of Passover theme Williamsburg, Va. — The students at the second-night seder here at the College of William and Mary...
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