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Tag: Mark Twain

0 History Culture

He wrote the book on American Jewish history. Stepping back from teaching, Jonathan Sarna says he has plenty of chapters still to go.

Andrew Silow-Carroll in JTA · 6 Jul

Jonathan Sarna, a preeminent figure in the field of American Jewish history, is retiring from teaching after a long and illustrious career at Brandeis University.

0 Antisemitism Politics

The far-right is saying Jews don’t serve in the military — they’re wrong

Arno Rosenfeld in Forward · 19 Jun

Arno Rosenfeld challenges antisemitic claims popularized by far-right figures like Tucker Carlson, asserting that Jews avoid military service and are pushing America toward conflict with Iran.

0 Politics History

As fires burn in LA, has Trump found his Reichstag fire moment?

Robert Zaretsky in Forward · 9 Jun

Robert Zaretsky draws a provocative historical parallel between the Reichstag fire of 1933 and recent events in Los Angeles, where protests over immigration arrests have led to the deployment of the National Guard.

0 Culture Antisemitism

Non-Jews can teach us a lot about ourselves.

Odelia Glausiusz in Future of Jewish · 17 May

Odelia Glausiusz explores how the insights of non-Jews like Mark Twain and George Eliot provide valuable perspectives on Jewish endurance and identity.

0 Television/Film Literature

In My Interfaith Marriage, I’m Raising My Daughter With Jewish Humor

Cara Erdheim Kilgallen in Kveller · 2 Jul 2024

An interfaith couple navigates raising their young daughter with a blend of Jewish and Christian traditions, particularly focusing on the influence of humor in their family dynamic.

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My N-Word Problem – and Ours

Sapir · 1 Nov 2022

The article discusses the controversy surrounding the use of the N-word in literature and the impact of censoring it.

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American Freedom Is Greater Than Slavery and Ends in Death

David Mikics in Tablet · 10 May 2022

The author discusses different perspectives on freedom from various American authors from the Civil War era.

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Not So Innocent Abroad

Diane Cole in Jewish Review of Books · 17 Dec 2019

The exhibit "Mark Twain and the Holy Land" at the New-York Historical Society Museum and Library celebrates the 150th anniversary of Mark Twain's travelogue "The Innocents Abroad."