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Editorial on Bernard Madoff’s “Victims”

Daniel McGowan — Professor Emeritus, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and founder of Deir Yassin Remembered — has written an unusual and interesting essay in which he suggests that many of Madoff’s victims were, themselves, victimizers. He is pleased that their ability to continue to harm people may be diminished: The Madoff Victims: They Richly [...]

“Erase My Granfather’s Name at Yad Vashem”

Jean-Moïse Braitberg Discusses Israel in Le Monde Mr. President of the State of Israel, I am writing to you to intervene with the proper authorities to withdraw from the Yad Vashem Memorial dedicated to the memory of Jewish victims of Nazism, the name of my grandfather, Moshe Brajtberg, who was gassed at Treblinka in 1943, [...]

A Look Inside Palestine

January 28, 2009 In this  program, Malihe Rzazan speaks with Saree Makdisi, a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at UCLA, about his new book entitled  “Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation.” During the program, we  also hear selections from The Wameed a music CD by very talented Palestinian musician Kamylia Jobran. Click here to [...]

More on Gaza; Reparations for African Victims of Colonization & Slavery.

Aired January 21, 2009 In this program we listen to the second part of a series on reparations for African victims of colonization and slavery. The week prior, we discussed the movement for reparations for slavery in the United States, and in tonight’s segment we look towards the other side of the Atlantic Ocean at [...]