Applied to American Jews, the “white privilege” concept oversimplifies and misstates a complicated history.
Anzia Yezierska once romanticized by Hollywood.
Making the battle against antisemitism relevant to individual branches of government, or to educators, will help to monitor, identify, respond to, and counteract antisemitism in the open or in dark corners of society across the European continent and beyond.
In 2016, the IHRA, a consortium of countries committed to Holocaust education and remembrance, adopted a working definition of antisemitism. It was not intended to be a detailed, deep dive into the causes and manifestations of this millennia-old hatred. It was meant, rather, to speak to categories of Jew-hatred, both classic and contemporary.
India’s millennial heroes could do with history lessons
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Brisbane. Perhaps the greatest ever Test win for India. Even greater than that 2001 match against Australia in Kolkata. India barely had 11 fit men to put up a team at the Gabba in Brisbane. Youngsters basically selected as net bowlers to star batsmen were thrust into the limelight, against the best team in the world, on their home ground, in a sports field known as the valley of death, on the fifth day. And India’s best batsman and captain was away.
And we won. Yes! A team comprising mostly Generation Z-ers (born in 1995 and later) stood up with a fearlessness and their heads held so high that Rabindranath Tagore would have been proud. And take a bow, Rahul Dravid, the finest gentleman-cricketer India has ever produced. You showed the right path to these people as the coach of the India under-19 and India A teams. And the most beautiful thing the stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane said (a
Sasha Borissenko: 2020 s winners and losers
10 Jan, 2021 06:00 AM
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That holiday haze is starting to fade. Photo / 123rf
NZ Herald For the majority of us, the holiday haze of feeling ambivalent towards time and date is now but a distant memory. For corporate lawyers, the shutdown period over Christmas is coming to an end. Of the winners and losers of 2020, corporate lawyers and their Christmas holidays come out on top. Let s assess some other winners and losers:
Winners of 2020
Millennials and Generation Z-ers are ever-so-slightly winning in the housing department thanks to the new tenancy laws coming into force in February.
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With just a few short days until Christmas, at the moment many are hoping to do their Christmas food shopping bright and early. So for the early birds looking to buy their family s favourite tipples this Christmas, read on to find out what time you can buy alcohol in the mornings across the UK.
Former American Idol Producer s New Initiative Aims to Raise Awareness of Everyday Racism
On 12/17/20 at 12:07 PM EST
Theirs are just three of the names that became ingrained in America s plight for racial justice in 2020. But for every name chanted by protesters fighting for an end to systemic racism, there are countless others whose day-to-day experiences with racism are overlooked.
That may be the reality of race in the U.S. now. But Ron DeShay, a former American Idol producer and the current CEO, president and founder of World of Dreams Entertainment Group, believes there s a way to change course. One way forward is to help Americans of all backgrounds understand that racism doesn t only exist in the incidents that gain widespread media attention, but that it can pop up at any time and in any place, a direct result of racism s systemic roots in the United States.