Mala, a Polish Orthodox Jewish woman, escaped the Warsaw ghetto early in the second world war and survived by passing as a Catholic. A new book tells her story.
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People across much of North Africa were subject to racist laws and suffering at the hands of European powers during the Second World War.
Many Americans know a simple version of Holocaust history, in which their country played the savior. The reality isn’t so comfortable, a historian writes.
The Ukraine war has prompted thousands of Russian Jews to flee the country, an expert investigates why.
During the Cold War, Russia’s refusal to allow Jews to leave the country reflected its political aims. The same is likely true today, a Jewish studies scholar explains.
A collaboration between advertiser Joseph Jacobs and the famous coffee company produced the classic U.S. haggadah. The book sets out the ceremony for the Seder meal.
Judith Kaplan became the first American bat mitzvah in 1922. The Jewish coming-of-age ceremony has become more popular for girls ever since.
A Holocaust historian explains why Ukrainian history needs to be understood in terms of both past violence against Jews as well as the state’s pluralistic vision.
While Australians’ general knowledge of the Holocaust is high, few people knew who William Cooper was or that Australia refused to accept more Jewish refugees in 1938.
Yom HaShoah is a day to commemorate the murder of 6 million Jews – but also their lives. Yizker bikher books lovingly document Jewish communities across Europe.
Bevis Marks – the cathedral synagogue of British Jewry – is one of the few remaining traces of the historic Jewish presence in the City of London. As a national heritage site, it has no parallels.
The increased prominence of antisemitic incidents may have you wondering: has antisemitism always been part of the Australian social fabric, or are we facing a newer, more sinister trend?
The Church of England’s apology for medieval antisemitism is welcome. But there is something missing.
Authorities have closed schools in some ultra-Orthodox areas of New York. The reasons for apparent noncompliance with public health guidelines are complicated, explains a cultural anthropologist.
Those experiencing stress and uncertainty amid the coronavirus may find guidance in medieval responses to plagues, which relied on both medicine and prayer.
Persecution is central to Jewish collective memory. So when armed police entered ultra-Orthodox areas of Jerusalem to close synagogues due to COVID-19, some residents reacted with fear and suspicion.
The Never Again Education Act is meant to make Holocaust education more prominent in America’s schools. A scholar of Holocaust studies explains why that’s necessary.
Giving small gifts to children has become common around the world, though nowhere has Hanukkah reached the level of commercialisation that it has in the US.
The visa waiver scheme saved thousands of Jewish children from persecution – but at a huge cost.
The very debate around how Labour has dealt with this issue revolves around some key tropes of anti-semitism.
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Professor Emeritus of Modern European History, University of Essex
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Professor, Department of Global Studies, University of North Carolina – Charlotte
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Director of the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, Brandeis University
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James Parkes Professor of Jewish/non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton
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Professor of German, Aberystwyth University
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Professor of Jewish Studies, College of Charleston
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Rowan University
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Director, Centre for Cultural Materials Conservation, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of History, SOPHI, Faculty of Arts and Social Science, University of Sydney
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Senior lecturer in Sociology, Deakin University
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Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and Linguistics, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion
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Professor of Sociology and Social Research, Deakin University
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Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Associate, Hebrew, Jewish and Biblical Studies, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Modern Continental European History, University of Warwick
