Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the early modern world.
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Humans have shown that together we can overcome daunting problems, including deadly pathogens like smallpox. It is a lesson of international cooperation and respect that we should pay attention to.
Indigenous people from around the world revere certain traditional foods as sacred. Activists, scholars and chefs are revitalizing these food systems.
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Research Scientist and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Brown University
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Professor of History, McGill University
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Professor of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Senior Faculty, Hartman Institute and Associate Professor of History and Jewish Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
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Associate Professor of Sephardic Studies, Yeshiva University