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After the Holocaust, Germany committed to standing against mass violence. Why are authorities now arresting Jews protesting Israel's bombardment in Gaza and canceling events with Palestinians?

We are academics concerned over a growing tendency to ignore fundamental tenets of scholarship in order to attack Israel

In a Letter to the German Interior Minister, Amichai Chikli Condemned a July 12 Event That Allegedly Compared the Suffering of Holocaust Victims to That of the Palestinians During the Nakba. Yet the Journalist at the Center of the Accusation Says Her Views Were Distorted and That She Has Not Spoken on the Subject for Months

From the blog of Sabrina Soffer at The Times of Israel

Holocaust survivor Georgine Nash (Canada) and Holocaust survivor Eva Perlman (Los Angeles) speak about their fears, Holocaust memories

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

Conference to focus on Maine’s many cultures Share Photo courtesy of Authors Unbound The University of Maine at Augusta and the University of Southern Maine are partnering to host “One sun rose on us today: Stories from Maine’s Long 20th Century,” a virtual half-day conference set from noon to 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 4, online via Zoom. This conference will include three panels — Wabanakiscapes, 20th Maine Jewish Culture, and 20th Century Queer Maine — concluding with a keynote by Mo...

The University of Maine at Augusta and the University of Southern Maine are partnering to host “One sun rose on us today: Stories from Maine’s Long 20th

increase font size Read Article Photo courtesy of Authors Unbound The University of Maine at Augusta and the University of Southern Maine are partnering to host “One sun rose on us today: Stories from Maine’s Long 20th Century,” a virtual half-day conference set for noon to 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 4, online via Zoom. This conference is to include three panels — Wabanakiscapes, 20th Maine Jewish Culture, and 20th Century Queer Maine — concluding with a keynote by Monica Wood, award-win...

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation April 8 announced 184 individuals as recipients of its prestigious 2021 Guggenheim Fellowships, which included five Indian Americans. The nearly 200 awardees, a group comprised of artists, writers, scholars and scientists, were chosen through a peer-review process from about 3,000 applicants, the foundation said in a news release. In the Natural Sciences, Fellows included Arjun Dey, astronomer with NSF’s National Optical-Infrared Astronomy Rese...