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International Book Day
The Nazi Looting and subsequent bookburning of the Institute of Sexology. 6 of May 1933, Berlin. Knowledge, its production, reproduction, development, distribution, and maintenance, form the veins of human societies across the earth. For this exact reason, when states, institutions, corporations, and global systems seek to weaken, subjugate, or erase a culture or a people, one of their first targets is the means of production and distribution of knowledge: books, bookshops, l
Apr 232 min read


From "Primitive" to "Authentic": The Culinary Politics of Early Israel
Israel is a nation of immigrants—a thin stretch of land where Jews from every corner of the globe suddenly found themselves huddled together. In the early decades of the state, the Ashkenazi elite (hailing from Eastern and Central Europe) viewed themselves as a "modernizing, civilizing force." To them, Jews arriving from Middle Eastern and North African countries were often seen as "primitive" relics of the past. Yet, this was a complex relationship: even as they sought to "m
Mar 293 min read


STORIES IN PICTURES BY BEGINNER HEBREW STUDENTS
Short Illustrated Stories Written by Beginner Hebrew Students
Mar 291 min read
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