Global Holocaust education? What Taiwan can teach us
Graduate fellow Eryk Waligora explains why Holocaust education matters on a global scale by looking at the case of Taiwan — a country with a painful past of its own to contend with.
How Benjamin Netanyahu is resetting Israel-Africa relations
Graduate fellow Francis Abugbilla explains how Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's push to reconnect with African nations is shifting Israel's status on the continent.
From ancient Jewish practitioners to Google searches, coping with our fear of “ugly” babies
Like people today, people in the ancient world were obsessed with having ideal children. And ancient theories of vision combined with fears around imperfect babies to create some funky beliefs about sex and conception, writes grad fellow Jennifer Hunter. But were they really weirder than our worries today?
The good goods: Smuggling between Israel and the Palestinian Territories
Graduate fellow Bret Windhauser explains the economic underpinnings of smuggling between Israel and the Palestinian Territories — and why the most commonly smuggled goods may not be what you think.
How the Jewish community in Côte d’Ivoire is helping to build peace after war
Graduate fellow Francis Abugbilla tells the story of C'ôte d'Ivoire's young Jewish community, and its efforts to promote peace in a country recovering from multiple civil wars.
The joy of Hebrew grammar
Opportunity grant winner Samuel Cantor explains why learning Hebrew grammar will teach you to "think in a brand new way."
Feministing language, feministing learning: Rethinking language and gender by learning Hebrew
Why learning Hebrew led opportunity grant winner Ellen Perleberg to think more deeply about how language genders the world.
What a year in Israel taught me about community
Finding a truly international community was why opportunity grant winner Marissa Gaston decided to spend a whole year studying abroad in Israel.