Francine’s interview

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 21, 2015 Audio/Video

Click Here to Read: Francine’s interview – FRANCE – #HUMAN on YouTube.

Published on Sep 11, 2015. Born in 1933, Francine Christophe was deported with her mother at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1944. Released the following year, she continues to share her experience and memories, particularly with the younger generations.

The Assimilator: Intermarrying high and low culture by New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast Gets All the Laughs at YIVO 90th Gala

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 21, 2015 General News

Click Here to Read: The Assimilator: Intermarrying high and low culture by New Yorker Cartoonist Roz Chast Gets All the Laughs at YIVO 90th Gala By Masha Leon on the Forward website on November 20, 2015.

Howard Searles (1918 – 2015)

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 21, 2015 Uncategorized

Click Here to Read: Harold Searles on Wikipedia.

Thinking the unthinkable: This is war

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 21, 2015 General News

Click Here to Read: Thinking the unthinkable: This is war by Bernard-Henri Lécy in The Globe and Mail on November 16, 2015.

Slavoj Zizek: In the Wake of Paris Attacks the Left Must Embrace Its Radical Western Roots

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 21, 2015 General News

Click Here to Read: Slavoj Zizek: In the Wake of Paris Attacks the Left Must Embrace Its Radical Western Roots
Zizek responds to his critics on the refugee crisis BY Slacoj ŽiŽek on the In These Times website on November 16, 2015.

Translation Matters at the Helix Center

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 21, 2015 Announcements

Click Here to Read: Translation Matters with David Bellos, Bella Brodzki, Suzanne Jill Levine, Mark Polizzotti, Michelle Woods at the Helix Center today Saturday, November 21, 2015, 2:30 pm.

History Friday: Simon Schama

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 20, 2015 History Friday

Click Here to Read: Simon Schama on Wikipedia.

Click Here to Read: Simon Schama on the Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology Website.

Click Here to Read: Simon Schama: my vision for history in schools by Simon Schama on the Guardian website on Novmber 9, 2010.

Click Here to Read: The Face of Britain: The Nation Through Its Portraits by Simon Schama review – comforting myths of British national character by John Gallagher on the Guardian Website on Nov2mber 18, 2015. Continue reading History Friday: Simon Schama

From Roma refugee to attorney in Germany

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 20, 2015 Books

Click Here to Read: From Roma refugee to attorney in Germany: Nizaqete Bislimi’s Durch die Wand (“Through the Wall”) By Elisabeth Zimmermann on the World Socialist Website on Novmber 18, 2015.

Nizaqete Bislimi (Source: DuMont Verlag / Franz Brück)

Mindless terrorists? The truth about Isis is much worse

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 20, 2015 General News

Click Here to Read: Mindless terrorists? The truth about Isis is much worse by Scott Atran on the Guardian Website on November 15, 2015.

‘There is discernible method in the Isis approach.’ Islamic State fighters in Raqqa. Photograph: AP

Force of Destiny—a thoughtful film about surviving cancer

By Tamar SchwartzNovember 20, 2015 Movies

Click Here to Read: Force of Destiny—a thoughtful film about surviving cancer By Richard Phillips on the World Socialist Web Site on November 16, 2015.

Click Here to Read: Veteran filmmaker Paul Cox discusses his latest feature By Richard Phillips on the World Socialist Web Site on November 16, 2015.