— James Baldwin

Ein sehr gutes Interview mit TeetotheArek StotheH heute im Deutschlandfunk Kultur - besonders wichtig im Schatten der Wahlergebnisse am Wochenende. deutschlandfunkkultur.de/kompressor-100…

I've been revisiting Susan Sontag's 2002 article "Looking at War" around the ambivalences of atrocity photography and selective sympathy. newyorker.com/magazine/2002/…

Another strong review of a book in our series. Daniel Siemens Matt Fitzpatrick

In light of the awfulness all around, I’ve decided to double down on local initiatives. For those in YOW, this is a worthy, important initiative, helping furnish homes for refugees. h2hottawa.com

Interested in Jewish women artists? Michael Simonson and I are co-teaching an upcoming class, sponsored by Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin and taught virtually through Roundtable in two sessions. Rediscovering Rahel & Lene: Weimar-Era Jewish Women Artists roundtable.org/live-courses/a…

I did research with the Buchenwald collection years ago. Good to see an exhibition on this theme. Now, especially.

"LSVD⁺ und BVT* appellieren an alle demokratischen Parteien auf Landesebene, ausschließlich Koalitionsverhandlungen mit Parteien zu führen, die fest auf dem Boden des Grundgesetzes stehen." lsvd.de/de/ct/12716-Qu…

This young singer in Kyiv could not make it to an air-raid shelter in time, so she filmed herself harmonizing with the sirens. People like this cannot be conquered.

When memory workers, museum directors, and curators become the front line against hate.

“The AfD’s staggering victories in Thuringia and Saxony are a crude reflection of the liberal centre’s strategy of accommodating rightwing talking points. Law and morality aside, the strategy isn’t working.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Hanno Hauenstein ‘s brilliant piece as if echoes

Really wishing I could have seen this panel! What a wonderful program.