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Professor Diana Dumitru awarded honorable mention for the 2024 Stanley Z. Pech Prize awarded by the Czechoslovak Studies Association
Undone from Within” offers a comprehensively innovative analysis of the events that led to the 1952 trial of Rudolf Slánský trial and his thirteen co-defendants. Mining an…
March 24, 2025
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Professor Jessica Roda for Frieda Vizel: “For women, girls, AND men and boys”
In this long form discussion we talk about what’s happening in the scene of Orthodox Jewish women’s performances. Because of modesty rules, women are not allowed to…
March 24, 2025
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Professor Ori Soltes for PBS: “A Sacred Piece of Home: Washington, D.C.”
A Documentary Series About Places Of Worship In The D.C. Area. Four half-hour films which explore the D.C. area’s history through selected places of worship and the communities…
March 24, 2025
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Professor Diana Dumitru for Journal of Genocide Research: “Introduction: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine”
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the reverberations of this conflict have consumed ordinary individuals, scholars, and practitioners with unyielding…
March 24, 2025
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Ambassador Dennis Ross for Foreign Affairs: “The Path to a Transformed Middle East”
How to Keep the Peace in Gaza While Countering…
March 24, 2025
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Professor Matthew Levitt for The Washington Institute: “Navigating the Syria Sanctions Conundrum”
Washington should act quickly to facilitate transactions for key sectors such as electricity, food, and rubble removal, lest public discontent lead to widespread protests and…
March 24, 2025
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Professor David Ebenbach for To Write Love on Her Arms: “Find Your Own Words”
When I was growing up, there was no word for what I was.…
March 24, 2025
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Professor Jacques Berlinerblau for MSNBC: “I don’t agree with Mahmoud Khalil. That doesn’t mean he should be deported.”
My queasiness at the government’s response to Khalil’s activism and the vagueness of the accusations against him is shared by other liberal Jewish.…
March 24, 2025
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Reflections on International Holocaust Remembrance Day 5785 / 2025
Resolution 60/7, adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on November 1, 2005, established January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance. …
February 7, 2025
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Ambassador Dennis Ross and Professor Matthew Levitt for The Washington Institute for Near East Policy: “Gaza Ceasefire: Implications for Israel, Hamas, and U.S. Policy”
Former Israeli and U.S. officials discuss the deal’s timing, provisions, and near-term prospects, outlining the Trump administration’s practical options for advancing peace…
February 4, 2025