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- Words matter, which is why we need to call Oct. 7 a ‘pogrom’The rabbi approached several abandoned houses, fearing what he might see. There had been a massacre. Men, women, children, the aged, the sick, had been indiscriminately slaughtered at close range. He was there, the day after, as a witness. He entered a room where a young woman appeared to be asleep and leaning on a... […]
- A Jewish artist so gifted, he could even teach a stone to paintCamille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism By Anka Muhlstein Translated from French by Adrianna Hunter Other Press, 320 pages, $30 The Rothschilds were the royalty of European Jewry, so it was only natural that, in Baron James (1981), Anka Muhlstein was drawn to write about the consequential founder of the French branch of the family,... […]