Fragile Long Before the War
A rare Jewish newspaper published in Częstochowa in 1936 offers a glimpse of a thriving community—and of the antisemitism and growing hostility Jews were already facing three years before the German invasion.…
Seeing Moments
22 posts
An Internet Relationship That Mattered
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Om Malik’s writing and photography reminded me that meaningful relationships can be formed across the open web, even between people who never meet.…
Washington Fixture, Reimagined
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A Washington fixture, closed for four years, reimagined for the next century.…
A Reference Guide to Holocaust Resources
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Sources you can trust…
Centre Pompidou — A Place I Came to Love
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From shocking to beloved — what the Pompidou taught me about a city that evolves.…
The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk: Architecture, Memory, and Politics
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Bold design, curated narrative.…
POLIN Museum: A Monument to Life and Memory
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A museum recounting 1,000 years of Jewish life in Polish lands.…
The Joy of Photography
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A thoughtful essay by Ferdy Christant reminded me that photography does not need to justify itself.…
Pan Am Promised Me the Moon
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Signing up to go to the moon.…
Heaven on the Edge of a Lake
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Before this trip, I had never heard of Queenstown. What I found was a small town on the edge of Lake Wakatipu that felt immense in presence — a place of glaciers and gondolas, cemeteries and laundromats, where even ordinary moments unfold against something extraordinary.…
Lara Fabian
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In 2018, I saw Lara Fabian perform at the Warner Theatre in Washington, DC. Hearing her sing live from a few rows away gave me a new appreciation for one of the most powerful and expressive voices I have ever heard.…
Mariel Hemingway and a Forgotten HBO Gem
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Mariel Hemingway and Ben Cross star in Steal the Sky, a 1988 HBO film of romance and high-stakes espionage. This forgotten film follows the true story of a Cold War pilot defection.…