Helena Czernek and Aleksander Prugar cast old Mezuzah traces left behind across Poland and recreate them: 'Synagogues are traces of communities, mezuzahs are traces of those who were murdered' The…
Before World War II, the Dutch East Indies colony was home to hundreds of ‘Baghdadi’ Jews from Iraq who emigrated to Southeast Asia. While most had left, their presence is…
A new book reveals how a group of wealthy German industrialists thrived during the Third Reich – and afterward too. Author David de Jong explains why some firms still haven’t…
In honour of David Attenborough’s dedication to research, documentation, and advocacy in protecting and restoring nature, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Thursday that he is the recipient of…
A 7-foot tall sculpture, a small-scale version of Kehinde Wiley's defiant rejoinder to Confederate statuary, 'Rumors of War,' will be installed in Mudd Hall atrium on the university's Homewood campus…
The Documentation Centre of Cambodia (DC-Cam) is preparing to release preliminary findings on a nationwide survey aimed at rehabilitating vulnerable Khmer Rouge Survivors. Carried out by 700 DC-Cam volunteers, mostly…
Although the overall security situation in the disputed Abyei region between Sudan and South Sudan has remained calm, the “trust deficit” between the two main communities continues to be a…
From 1915 through today, politicians have made lots of great-sounding speeches. But human suffering is never part of the equation. IF THERE’S ONE thing we can say for sure about the…
The gravest of international crimes was outlawed in the 1940s after the atrocities of the Holocaust. But it took decades to convict anyone of genocide—and the term has since become…
In efforts to end the war in Ukraine, Secretary-General António Guterres has written separate letters to the leaders of Russia and Ukraine to request meetings with them in their respective…