“Mr. Shushani” reportedly knew the entire Hebrew Bible, Talmud and countless other texts by heart. His Nobel-laureate student never knew his real name.
The son of a famous performer, Kirill Chenkin fought in the Spanish Civil War and was recruited by Soviet intelligence prior to joining the faculty of Black Mountain College. He later became a ‘refusenik’ spokesman…
In 1939, sickening accounts of impending genocide appeared on the same pages as cruise and resort promos
New US secretary of state’s immigrant ancestor was a trailblazing Yiddishist, as well as a carpenter and masseuse
From the Martin Buber Archive: A letter to the American president about MLK’s 1965 release from jail
In 1883 Lazarus wrote the poem that greets new immigrants to America till this very day.
