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Adam Kirsch, an editor at the Wall Street Journal’s Weekend Review section, is the author of 'On Settler Colonialism.' (W.W. Norton & Company/ via JTA)
September 1, 2024, 1:42 am
A literary critic on why the ‘settler colonial’ framing is bad for Israel and Palestine
Struck by the number of activists and thinkers who cheered the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities, Adam Kirsch has written a book on the misguided idealism that’s fostered Jew-hatred
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The ruruHaus in Kassel, a cultural center and one of the spaces use for the Documenta 15 show. (Nicolas Wefers/ Courtesy Documenta press office)
June 24, 2022, 6:10 pm
Curators of major German art show apologize for including antisemitic work
Indonesian art group says it ‘collectively failed to spot’ caricature playing on anti-Jewish stereotypes in work first displayed 20 years ago; artists say piece ‘misunderstood’
By AP
Abulrazak Gurnah in 2009 (Wikimedia commons CC by 2.0)
October 7, 2021, 6:06 pm
Tanzanian Abdulrazak Gurnah awarded Nobel literature prize
UK-based writer is hailed for his ‘uncompromising writings on the ‘effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee’; is only 6th Africa-born writer to win the award
By david keyton and Jill Lawless
The skulls of two people killed in the the Herero and Nama uprising between 1904 and 1908 are flanked by candles during a ceremony in Berlin, Aug. 29, 2018 before the repatriation of the remains to Namibia. (Gregor Fischer/dpa via AP)
August 12, 2020, 9:23 am
Namibia rejects reparations offer from Germany for early 20th century genocide
Among other issues, leader says Berlin declined to accept the term ‘reparations,’ as that word was also avoided during country’s negotiations with Israel after the Holocaust
By AFP
The statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, the French diplomat who was behind the construction of Egypt's Suez Canal, is seen in the harbor of Port Said, Egypt, on December 22, 1956. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle, File)
July 7, 2020, 7:51 pm
Plan to restore statue of Suez Canal developer stirs debate in Egypt
Some Egyptians condemn proposal to bring back statue of French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps, saying it’d be a ‘humiliation’ to those who died building the canal
By Samy Magdy
A man looks at a street plaque on the rue Gramont in Bordeaux, on June 11, 2020, set up as part of new explanatory versions of street plaques bearing the names of city historical figures who took part in slave trade. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
June 12, 2020, 8:07 am
Noting colonial past, French city adds info plaques to slave trader street signs
As some local authorities remove monuments of racist figures and rename streets honoring them, Bordeaux is instead trying to inform the public of their complicated pasts
By AFP
People look at the statue of the founder of the Scout movement Robert Baden-Powell on Poole Quay in Dorset, England ahead of its expected removal to "safe storage" following pressure to remove it over concerns about his alleged actions while in the military and "Nazi sympathies" Thursday June 11, 2020. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)
June 12, 2020, 5:02 am
Statues of Scouts founder latest target as Britain re-examines colonialist past
Local authorities and others take steps to remove monuments and rename streets racist figures from country’s history, but group of ‘Football Lads’ vow to protect them
By Dmitry Zaks
A memorial sign in honor of Joachim Gans, the first known Jew to set foot in North America. (brindleybeach.com)
September 23, 2019, 3:10 pm
Memorial erected to Joachim Gans, the first Jew in North America
It took nearly four and a half centuries for Americans to acknowledge the Jewish metallurgist, who was tried for denying the divinity of Jesus after returning to Britain
By ToI Staff and Agencies
First lady Melania Trump visits the ancient statue of Sphinx, with the body of a lion and a human head, at the historic site of Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, Oct. 6, 2018 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
October 6, 2018, 6:38 pm
In Egypt, Melania Trump backs ‘highly qualified’ Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
US First Lady says she’s glad his accuser was heard; meets with President Sissi before heading to Giza to highlight US-backed preservation efforts during whistlestop five-hour stay
By Agencies and ToI Staff
The German Kamelreiterpatrouille, or 'Camel Rider Patrol,' in Southwest Africa, 1906 - 1918. (Budesarchiv Bild); Surviving Herero after the escape through the arid desert of Omaheke in German South-West Africa, modern day Namibia. (Public domain)
August 29, 2018, 6:13 pm
Genocide of African tribes was Germany’s Holocaust dress rehearsal, says scholar
Author Elizabeth Baer examines the chilling methods that decimated the Herero and Nama people in the early 20th century — and how they were used against the Jews
By Rich Tenorio
This 2001 file photo shows British author V.S. Naipaul in Salisbury, England. (Chris Ison/PA via AP)
August 12, 2018, 5:08 am
Nobel-winning author V.S. Naipaul dead at 85
Novelist, at times derided for bigoted and misanthropic views, was nonetheless hailed for his works’ exploration of colonialism, exile and belonging
By SYLVIA HUI
Jews of Aden, Yemen, awaiting evacuation to Israel on November 1, 1949. (GPO/Public domain)
December 11, 2017, 1:44 pm
As Jews evacuated from Aden bloodbath, a daring mission to rescue a Torah scroll
On the 50th anniversary of the vicious pogrom, the mystery surrounding a salvaged Yemenite heirloom is solved as its hero’s story is finally told
By Robert Philpot
Namibian schoolgirls walk by a memorial in tribute to the victims of the alleged genocide committed by German forces against Herero and Nama people in 1904, on June 20, 2017 in Windhoek, Namibia. (AFP Photo/Gianluigi Guercia)
July 22, 2017, 9:26 am
Namibia genocide victims battle for compensation
Descendants of tribes killed in alleged German genocide during pre-Nazi era seek reparations similar to those given to Israel
By Philippe ALFROY
Klezmer musician Frank London. (Anya Roz)
March 1, 2017, 12:29 am
Klezmatics’ Frank London brings new Yiddish-Spanish opera to Cuba
Based on an epic poem by a Havana Jewish refugee inspired by the struggle against Spanish colonialists, trumpeter says his new composition has universal themes
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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