Claudia Moscovici
09.11.2020
Nazi Propaganda: Hate speech and the freedom of expression
The freedom of expression is a double-edged sword. Without it, no other freedom is possible. Yet this freedom can also lead to the consolidation of totalitarian regimes when groups defined by [...]
02.11.2020
Innovation and Zionism: The Twin Goals of the Jewish National Fund
The Holocaust underscored for the Jewish people the necessity—and, many would argue, the historic right–of having their own nation. Deprived of full citizenship rights in many European [...]
26.10.2020
The Escheresque Photography of Sebastian Luczywo
Quirky, mathematical, interdisciplinary, engaging us in thought experiments, visual paradoxes and mental puzzles, the art of M. C. Escher continues to inspire artists around the world. Most [...]
19.10.2020
„Români în Lume”
One of my main goals as a writer and critic is to share some of the best contributions of Romanian culture with an international audience.. says Mrs. Claudia Moscovici, a very resourceful [...]
12.10.2020
On the Bipartisan need for Holocaust education and a strong Israel
A lighthearted conversation between two Jewish comedians, Seth Rogen and Marc Maron, aimed to promote a new film, An American Pickle, recently landed actor Seth Rogen in a pickle with the Jewish [...]
05.10.2020
Donald Trump is wrong: Both Conservative and Liberal Jews in the U.S. support Israel
Some conservatives, including President Donald Trump, have tried to indicate that Jews who adopt conservative political positions care more about the fate of Israel or are more pro-Israel than [...]
28.09.2020
Review of “The Modern Middle East” by Mehran Kamrava
In The Modern Middle East: A Political History Since the First World War (University of California Press, 2005), Professor Mehran Kamrava offers a thorough and engaging political history of the [...]
21.09.2020
America First during WWII
If any country could have helped save a significant proportion of the European Jews from the Holocaust it’s the United States. Reliable news about concentration and death camps started trickling [...]
14.09.2020
On the brink of autocracy: Classes turning into masses in America
The intriguing and, to many, disconcerting fact that Donald Trump retains his popular base no matter what he does, how many Americans die from Covid-19 or how bad the economy gets has motivated [...]
07.09.2020
The Portrait Photography of Bill Gekas
A self-taught artist of Greek origin born and raised in Melbourne Australia, photographer Bill Gekas is well-known around the world for his distinctive, Alice in Wonderland style that has won him [...]
