By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
I recently read “The Man Who Died Twice,” the second book in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series. The four main characters are in their 70s and, when referring to their ages, acknowledge that they are old. After reading the book (which was very funny,…
By Bill Simons
“They make a desert and call it peace”: that line from the writing of Tacitus, a historian of ancient Rome, is subject to mistaken contextualization, often falsely employed as a descriptor of the salting of defeated Carthage’s soil. Nonetheless, it speaks truth. Many …
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
If you are an admirer of Henry Kissinger, you might not want to read this column because it will tarnish his image for you. But after his recent death, I feel compelled to share what I have long thought: Kissinger should have stood trial as a war criminal for the il…
By Bill Simons
Antisemitism in higher education is not new. Prior to the Cold War, many of America’s most prestigious universities employed student quotas, formal or de facto, and old-boy faculty hirings to limit the Jewish presence on campus. Although he failed to persuade the overseers …
By Shelley Hubal
I recently read a short article by Jacklin Kwan on the web magazine Live Science. The article details the findings of researchers studying the sprouts that Redwood trees grew after a devastating 2020 fire swept through the Big Basin Redwood State Park in California.
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