February 2017
- Mamdani draws lines around how Jews should use ‘sacred spaces’After protesters hounded people entering an event promoting immigration to Israel at Park East Synagogue in Manhattan last month, Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani condemned the demonstration — with a notable caveat. “He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation,” Dora Pekec, Mamdani’s spokesperson, said in a statement. “And... […]
- Yiddish culture shared mainstream racist stereotypes of the 1920s, new book showsThis article initially appeared in Yiddish and can be read here. America held many surprises for Jewish immigrants arriving at its shores over 150 years ago but one of the most significant was meeting African Americans, something that was very unfamiliar, even alien to them. Sholem Aleichem conveyed this feeling in his series of stories... […]