Hugo Ballin: The Jewish muralist of Los Angeles
If you’ve ever attended services in the historic Wilshire Boulevard Temple, chances are you’ve been awestruck by the elaborate mural that wraps around the Magnin Sanctuary. Beginning with Genesis and…
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Sephardi Lives: From Ottoman Salonica to Rosario, Argentina
In their new anthology, Sephardi Lives: A Documentary History, 1700–1950 (Stanford University Press, 2014), Professors Julia Phillips Cohen and Sarah Abrevaya Stein present a vivid picture of the diverse ways…
New Book: Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria
Sarah Stein has just published Saharan Jews and the Fate of French Algeria. (The University of Chicago Press, 2014) The history of Algerian Jews has thus far been viewed from…
The Ethics of the Algorithm
Most of the time when we speak of the ethical dimensions of video testimony of the Holocaust, we refer to the viewer’s “duty to listen and to restore a dialogue.” By…
Impact in Profile: Rachel Deblinger
Holocaust survivor testimony is what sparked Rachel Deblinger’s interest in studying American postwar Holocaust memory. For her dissertation, she researched other groups for whom testimony was equally eye-opening: American Jews…
Susan Slyomovics Explores Reparations Programs and their Implications
Susan Slyomovics, UCLA professor of anthropology and Near Eastern languages and cultures, has published a new book, “How to Accept German Reparations.” The book is a part of the Pennsylvania…
Carol Bakhos Publishes New Book, ‘The Family of Abraham’
An authority in the study of religion, Bakhos explores mistaken assumptions about the narrative and theological significance of Abraham. Carol Bakhos, associate professor of late Antique Judaism and Jewish studies…