Whose War Is It?
This article was originally written for Yossi Bartal’s course, “Seemingly Inseparable: Reporting and Debating Israel-Palestine, Antisemitism, and Racism in German Media,” at Bard College Berlin […]
Refugees
Too Close to Home: How Minority Communities Broaden the Scope of Care and Help
This article was republished on the New Fascism Syllabus with the permission of the author and the original publisher, zeitgeschichte|online As much as war […]
Ukraine’s Refugees and the Muddy Waters of Aid: Some Early Thoughts
When I was asked whether I could contribute to this blog series, I immediately jumped at the occasion. It was in the early days of […]
Walking out of Ukraine
My great-grandfather walked from Ukraine to France. From there, he sailed first to England and then to Canada, became a cattle dealer, possibly illegally manufactured […]
Old and New Faultlines in the Wake of Russia’s Assault on Ukraine
Demilitarization and denazification—when Vladimir Putin announced the goals of the Russian attack on Ukraine, I perked up. As a scholar of World War II and […]
“What Remains”: The Reverberations of War in Poland and Ukraine
“Do not forget to eat your vegetables” was not the message I expected to receive from a friend who now spends her days in and […]
Historical Injury and Multidirectional Solidarity in Times of Crisis
For me, extending my support to and expressing solidarity with Ukraine means acknowledging my personal history of injury. Lately, every news story triggered a series […]
Atonement at the Expense of Another
What does it mean to atone for a crime against humanity? And how can a nation meaningfully repent for its past if it makes another […]
