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Jun 2, 2026, 6:45 AM

Edgar Morin (1921–2026): A Complex Mind

Photo/collage: Atmane Tazaghart, Global Watch Analysis

I learn of his death in my home, 3,500 miles away from Paris. To speak about the French-Jewish Edgar Morin, it would be good to go a little back in time. The thread that began in Spain –the West...– of...

Apr 15, 2026, 8:03 AM

Approaching “never again,” again

The Holocaust is globally known, and also denied, as the single most defining rise of antisemitism and death of Jews, without any event coming anywhere close in vicious and intentional savagery…until October 7, 2023. It is literally beyond belief...

Dec 6, 2025, 11:29 PM

NYC Detective’s Observation- Israel Wants to Arrest Firefighter for Water Damage

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on November 10, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) ((Photo credit and commercial-use permission: Betty Seifu Legesse, for the portrait of Officer Shmuel Legesse)

By Dr. Shmuel Legesse Former NYC Supreme Court Investigator/Detective; Upcoming Author of Moral Diplomacy for a Broken World, inspired by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks When I was an investigator/detective for the New York City Supreme Court I learned an ugly truth: justice rarely dies...

Nov 8, 2025, 3:11 PM

Open Letter to Global Media and to Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City

A Call for Moral Dialogue, Truth, and Respect for Israel and Judaism In a world flooded with misinformation, Israel and Judaism are too often defined by slogans rather than by truth. Reckless words like apartheid and colonial state distort history...

Sep 25, 2025, 9:04 PM

Homecoming in Detail: Restoring Memory by Art

Inna Rogatchi artworks at her and Michael Rogatchi dual Shtetl Songs exhibition in Lithuania. September - October 2025.

Stories and Thoughts Behind Artworks at the New Exhibition of Jewish Art in Lithuania Part 2. Echoes from the Past and Artistic Visualisation of Memory in artworks of Inna Rogatchi At Inna and Michael Rogatchi special visiting dual Shtetl Song exhibition...

Sep 10, 2025, 7:50 AM

The Samech, the Mem, and Me…( and all of us)!

Does making mistakes when learning Hebrew drive you nuts? Take heart — you’re in good company. You, me, and scads of medieval scholars. (This may or may not be Part 1 of a series…) So....It’s not me. It’s not you. Thanks to the...

Jul 27, 2025, 4:48 PM

France’s Naïve Leap: Recognition Without Reality

While terror still holds hostages, Macron rewards fiction over fact as Israel chooses resilience, renewal and the future Just when you think the worst of Western naïveté has passed with the departure of Justin Trudeau, here comes President Emmanuel Macron,...

May 22, 2025, 5:27 AM

Behind the Headlines: When Hate Went Mainstream

Behind the Headlines: The History of Modern Israel is a series that looks beyond the news cycle to explore the key moments, ideas, and people that have shaped the modern State of Israel. Each article offers context, highlights often...

Apr 23, 2025, 4:29 PM

A Knighthood for a Jewish Girl: Hannah Lessing

Director-General of the Austrian National Fund for Victims of National-Socialism Dr Hannah Lessing. 2025. (C) Hannah Lessing Archive. With kind permission.

Hannah Lessing Profile in Three Episodes Yom HaShoah Thoughts Every Yom HaShoah, we are getting into the atmosphere created by the wave of yet another stories, facts, discoveries, revelations , all this messaging us directly from inside the abyss into which...

Apr 15, 2025, 8:40 AM

Diaspora Jews, the Mother: Israel, the Baby

Understanding the ombilical interdependency between Diaspora Jews and Israel - by Frederic Eger - The Jewish Diaspora has played an indispensable role in the existence and development of the State of Israel since its creation until today. This relationship is...

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