#Jewish History

Arts & Humanities

From Ohrdruf to Berlin: Eisenhower’s Enduring Legacy of “Never Again”

“Never again is now” – a slogan that rings truer than ever today – impels us to recall one of the first people who called upon the world to bear witness to the atrocities of the Holocaust and who worked actively to ensure that it would never happen again.

Academia & Publishing

De Gruyter’s 10th Open Access Book Anniversary: Alexandra Chiriac and Her Winning Title “Performing Modernism”

To mark the 10th anniversary of our first Open Access book publication, we launched a call for book proposals. One of the competition’s 10 winners is art and design historian Alexandra Chiriac. In a short interview, she introduces herself and her monograph.

Politics & Society

Judaism and Abortion: Religious Freedom Requires Choice

Christian voices dominate the debate about reproductive rights, and the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade allows states to impose the most stringent views. Jewish tradition, however, has a different take on the question of when life begins.

Arts & Humanities

„Seine Lebensgeschichte ist filmreif“: Ein Interview mit Liliane Weissberg über Benjamin Veitel Ephraim (1742–1811)

Kaufmann, Schriftsteller, Spion – Benjamin Veitel Ephraims Lebensgeschichte bietet Stoff für mehrere Abenteuerfilme und ist doch weitestgehend in Vergessenheit geraten. Anlässlich des Festjahres „1.700 Jahre jüdisches Leben in Deutschland“ sprachen wir mit der Literaturwissenschaftlerin Liliane Weissberg über eine außergewöhnliche Gestalt der jüdischen Aufklärung.

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