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Mamdani is a vocal supporter of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to eliminate the world’s lone Jewish state, afloat among a sea of 53 Muslim states. He accused Israel of committing genocide, he referred to…

When the present feels unbearably loud, it’s worth pausing to ask what, if anything, history can really teach us. Even when we strip away the noise and the quarrels, history remains a reluctant teacher, insisting only that we cannot draw…

For more than a week there has been an explosion of commentary about the “platforming” of antisemitism by right wing commentator Tucker Carlson following his hosting of avowed Nazi Nick Fuentes. In this interview, Carlson not only…

Since the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began this past month, after two years of war, global media has increased coverage of the long-overlooked genocide in Sudan which has claimed over 150,000 lives, 40% higher than the 60,000…

Libya is not merely a failed state; it is the engine room of a new global criminal order, and the consequences are already radiating far beyond its borders. What began as the predictable unraveling of a post-revolutionary polity has matured…

As the anniversary of Kristallnacht approaches, we’re reminded of a question that still resists easy answers: When did the Holocaust begin? Identifying an “official” beginning to the Holocaust has long been debated by scholars and…

Honoring a leader, learning hard lessons, and choosing resilience and renewal

I still remember the evening of November 4, 1995 – not so much where I was, but what was running through my mind when the news flashed across the screen: Yitzhak…

In pedagogy, scaffolding is the process of breaking a larger, more complex idea or task into smaller, manageable steps. For example, if I wanted to teach symbolism, I would scaffold the lesson by first asking students to identify concrete…

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the long-serving former Speaker of the House, will step down from Congress at the conclusion of her current term in 2027, her 40th year in office.

Pelosi’s retirement caps an historic career in…