In anticipation of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a scholar explains how digital technologies can help close knowledge gaps about the catastrophe that claimed the lives of 6 million Jews.
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Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world’s greatest centers for mathematical research.
The Houthis belong to the Shiite branch of Islam. The Houthi insurgency began in the early 1990s, spurred in part by growing influence of different Sunni branches of Islam.
Despite the primacy of Christmas in American culture, the visibility of Hanukkah in pop culture reminds Jews that they have their own holiday in which they can take pride.
Hanukkah is ranked one of Judaism’s minor festivals, but its popularity in the US has a lot to do with America’s Jews trying to fight assimilation into a culture that welcomed them.
American anti-Semitism took an organized form in the 20th century. The German American Bund and the Silver Legion developed a unique culture of hatred for Jews that persists today in alt-right groups.
The demographics of name change petitioners today – and the reasons that they give – tell a complicated story of race, class and culture.
The real scrolls are considered priceless. Here’s why.
After the killing of 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, a scholar explains why this hate crime reminds her of the political climate between the two world wars in the US.
6 million Jews were killed in the Holocaust. What happened then, and how we can keep to the promise – “never again”?
DNA evidence tracks the ancient history of the Jewish people.
The 20th-century philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote how refugees, in the absence of legal rights, were forced to live in a state of ‘absolute lawlessness.’ Her words matter today.
Reggae is the musical expression of Rastafari, a belief system of migrants to Jamaica. A popular song, ‘Rivers of Babylon,’ offers a window into their spirituality and longing for their homeland.
Most religions have a fundamental belief that all human life belongs to God.
With the Holocaust still on their mind, many American Jews were highly sensitive to portrayals of Jews in popular culture. So when Roth’s sex-obsessed characters came along, the pushback was swift.
The very debate around how Labour has dealt with this issue revolves around some key tropes of anti-semitism.
People who’ve gotten nose jobs are also trying to revert to a more natural look.
America has been promoting religious liberty abroad since its founding, but there has always been disagreement on what exactly it means.
Many American evangelicals believe that the establishment and protection of Israel set up a chain of event for the return of Jesus. What were the origins of this narrative?
When people feel discriminated against because of their religion, they can feel threatened, triggering feelings of social isolation that can perhaps increase prejudice toward others.
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University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
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Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Tackling Hate Lab, Deakin University
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Emanuel Ringelblum Professor in Jewish History, University of California, Davis
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PhD in History, Durham University
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Director of Security Studies and Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies, UMass Lowell
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Kraft-Hiatt Professor in Judaic Studies, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor and Knight Center Chair in Media & Religion, USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism
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Research Assistant Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
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Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
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Professor of Middle Eastern Studies and Public Policy and Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Institute, UMass Amherst
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Professor of History, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Religious Studies, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Journalism, Northeastern University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Washington University in St. Louis