JL;DR

Daily Podcasts Video Research

for Thursday, October 14, 2021

Politics ›

0 Politics History

Did Bernie Sanders Fail to Seize His Moment?

B. Duncan Moench in Tablet

Bernie Sanders, a Jewish politician from Brooklyn, found himself in a position to enact significant social democratic reforms in the U.S. with a $3.5 trillion infrastructure package featuring child support, paid family leave, and free education.

Literature ›

0 Literature History

Ozick’s Excavations

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Cynthia Ozick's latest novel, "Antiquities," explores themes of memory, reality, and the haunting presence of the past.

0 Literature Politics

Humor and Haunting

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Joshua Cohen's novel "The Netanyahus" is a fictionalized account of a comical yet thought-provoking encounter between Benzion Netanyahu, the medievalist historian, and Harold Bloom, portrayed as Ruben Blum.

Philosophy ›

0 Philosophy History

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The article explores the intellectual and personal dynamics between Gershom Scholem and Theodor Adorno, highlighting their correspondence as a site of philosophical and cultural tension.

History ›

0 History Culture

Home and History

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Natalia Aleksiun's book, "Conscious History: Polish Jewish Historians Before the Holocaust," sheds light on the pioneering efforts of Polish Jewish historians who sought to establish a Jewish national historical narrative.

Antisemitism ›

0 Antisemitism Leadership

Fernando Lottenberg takes on antisemitism across the Western Hemisphere

Gabby Deutch in Jewish Insider

Fernando Lottenberg, a Brazilian constitutional attorney and former leader of Brazil's Jewish community, has been appointed as the first Organization of American States (OAS) commissioner to combat antisemitism in the Western Hemisphere.

Food ›

0 Food Culture

How I learned to make babka and rugelach from the master, Dorie Greenspan

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Liza Schoenfein reflects on her journey of baking traditional Jewish desserts, babka and rugelach, for the first time with guidance from renowned cookbook author Dorie Greenspan.