Editorial: ‘Opposing’ views of the Shoah?
In the middle of October, a truly confounding news story made the rounds. Apparently, NBC News received a recording of ...
Tag: Mordecai Specktor
Editorial: Reflections on a brief visit to Poland
Agnieszka Witkowska-Krych (left) led visitors Maj-Britt Syse and Max Specktor through the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute. In the Warsaw ...
A tour of Łódź
A shul stands abandoned in a building’s inner courtyard. (Photos: Mordecai Specktor) By MORDECAI SPECKTOR Łódź, Poland — Milena Wicepolska, ...
In the footsteps of Polish Jews
The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, which was unveiled April 19, 1948, honors those who fought in the 1943 Warsaw ...
Editorial: Putting antisemitism in perspective
"Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem," by Francesco Hayez. “The saddest day in Jewish history is the ninth of Av, ...
Editorial: Israel battles Hamas, again
If you weren’t watching the news last month, Israel engaged in its fourth recent bout of fighting with Hamas in ...
Editorial: Say Kaddish for George Floyd
It was another eventful month in the Twin Cities. They just keep happening. The news in April was dominated by ...
Editorial: Minneapolis is in the news, again
When I interviewed Jacob Frey in the fall of 2017, he was a candidate for Minneapolis mayor. I asked the ...
Editorial: A miraculous vaccine — for some
Jewish World readers are a group that skews older, as they say. So, I’m assuming that many readers have received ...
Editorial: May the year and its curses come to an end!
The end of the Hebrew year 5780 (the year 2020 by the Gregorian calendar) packed a wallop. We experienced life ...
