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REVIEW: ‘The Last Dekrepitzer’

Robert Nagler Miller in Hadassah · 12 Nov

"The Last Dekrepitzer" by Howard Langer, winner of the National Jewish Book Awards Book Club prize, follows Rabbi Shmuel Meir Lichtbencher, the sole survivor of a Hasidic sect exterminated during the Holocaust.

0 Antisemitism Politics

Yom Kippur attack exposes link between antisemitism and national decline.

Nachum Kaplan in Future of Jewish · 2 Oct

Nachum Kaplan discusses the alarming surge in antisemitism across the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, highlighted by a deadly Yom Kippur attack in Manchester.

0 Culture Literature

What the 18Forty Team is Reading This Month

Rivka Bennun Kay in 18forty · 17 Aug

This month's reading list from the 18Forty team showcases a diverse array of literary works across different genres and themes, reflecting the varied interests within the Jewish intellectual sphere.

0 Communities Politics

Catholic cardinals shared Italian Jews’ concerns that pope ‘abandoned’ them, veteran journalist says

Lahav Harkov in Jewish Insider · 7 May

Italian Catholic cardinals are expressing solidarity with the local Jewish community's concerns that Pope Francis was insensitive to the suffering of Israelis amidst the ongoing conflict.

0 Holocaust Literature

From an Italian Holocaust survivor, a Kafkaesque nightmare of imprisonment under fascism

Julia M. Klein in Forward · 4 Apr

Maria Eisenstein's memoir, "Internee Number 6," presents a haunting account of life in an Italian internment camp during the Fascist regime.

0 History Education

The “Not a Citadel, a Sanhedrin” Edition

Promised Podcast · 26 Mar

Marking the centennial of the Hebrew University's founding in Jerusalem, the episode dives into the significance of its establishment amidst a politically charged environment and global hopes for a Jewish academic haven.

0 Literature Culture

Book Review | A Rebbe with a Fiddle and No Followers

Michael Krasny in Moment · 4 Dec 2024

Howard Langer's debut novel, "The Last Dekrepitzer," follows Rebbe Shmuel Meir Lichtbencher, the lone survivor of a fictional Hasidic sect destroyed in the Holocaust.

0 History Culture

There aren’t Jewish fighters in Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II.’ But what about in ancient Rome?

Luke Tress in JTA · 24 Nov 2024

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE has preserved a Roman helmet that may have belonged to a Jewish gladiator, suggesting the presence of Jewish fighters in ancient Rome's arenas.