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Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes.We learn why, in 2004, Uruguayans voted to enshrine water as a human right in their constitution - the first country in the world to do so. And environmental historian Ellen Arnold reveals how water has shaped human history.Also, we tell the story of the fatal hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Pakistan, 40 years ago. And how the island of Antigua was devastated when Hurricane Luis hit the Caribbean in 1995. We find out more about the abandoned Nazi photo album revealing the chilling normality of life at the Auschwitz concentration camp. Plus, how a Northern Ireland peace movement was born from one family's tragedy.Finally, in Sporting Witness, why Ghana's sprinting superstar Alice Annum won the nickname ‘Baby Jet'.Contributors: Carmen Sosa - member of the water workers trade union. Ellen Arnold – environmental historian. Eli Fuller – Antigua resident. Madhvi Bahunga - Pan-American Airways flight attendant. Rebecca Erbelding – archivist and historian. Gerry Grehan - chairperson of the Peace People. Alice Annum - Ghanian sprinter.(Photo: A woman casts her ballot in Montevideo, 2004. Credit: Miguel Rojo/AFP via Getty Images)

Monday Morning Cooking Club's Merelyn Chalmers her family's story of survival, and piecing together hundreds of treasured family recipes from Jewish communities around the world, including her mother's top-secret yellow cake recipe.Merelyn grew up tied to the apron strings of her mother, an Hungarian Jew who had survived Auschwitz and eventually ended up in Western Australia.In Perth, she met a man who had his own remarkable World War Two survival story, after fleeing Poland and being conscripted into the Polish regiment of the Red Army.For the couple, Perth became their Garden of Eden, where they raised Merelyn and her older brother in peace.From her mother, Merelyn learnt how to make the perfect pastry in her pyjamas at midnight; how to fry schnitzel properly; and how to make a succulent roast for Shabbat. And from her father, Merelyn learnt how to appreciate both an Aussie barbecue of snags and steaks, as well as the acquired taste of Gefilte fish.Years later, Merelyn would join a group of women who decided to raise money for charity by putting together a cookbook filled with treasured family recipes from Jewish communities in Australia and around the world.As a member of the Monday Morning Cooking Club, Merelyn finally convinced her mother to share her secret recipe for yellow cake, a chiffon cake that had become famous in suburban Perth.A Year of Jewish Cooking is published by Simon & Schuster.You can find out more about the Monday Morning Cooking Club online.This episode of Conversations was produced by Meggie Morris. Executive Producer is Nicola Harrison.It explores cooking, cookbooks, holiday cooking, Jewish cooking, stories of survival, origin stories, Bondi, Shabbat, Jewish holidays, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Passover, Pesach, Hanukkah, family recipes, secret recipes, charity, books, writing, Shoah tapes, Holocaust, Auschwitz, refugees, migration, first generation Australians, Kosher kitchen, Judaism, religion, cultural identity, children of immigrants, Communism, Stalin, Hitler, Soviet Union, Spielberg.To binge even more great episodes of the Conversations podcast with Richard Fidler and Sarah Kanowski go the ABC listen app (Australia) or wherever you get your podcasts. There you'll find hundreds of the best thought-provoking interviews with authors, writers, artists, politicians, psychologists, musicians, and celebrities.

In 2007, an abandoned photo album revealed the chilling normality of life at the Nazis' most notorious concentration camp, Auschwitz.The 116 black-and-white images had been sent to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington DC, to be considered for their archives.In the photographs, SS officers are seen laughing, singing and celebrating, while a short distance away hundreds of thousands of people, mainly Jews, are being murdered. Among those pictured are Rudolf Höss, the camp commandant, and German doctor, Josef Mengele, known as the Angel of Death.Archivist Rebecca Erbelding tells Jane Wilkinson that the photos are an important reminder of how casually those running Auschwitz approached their work.Witness History is a short BBC World Service podcast about history that takes you inside big moments from the past through first-hand testimony and archive. Each weekday, in around nine minutes, we revisit one moment that helped shape the world and hear it through the voice of someone who was there. Scientists, artists, campaigners, soldiers, leaders and everyday people tell their true stories.When you subscribe to Witness History, you'll be taken inside turning points in world affairs from West Africa's fight back against Boko Haram in 2015 to the behind-closed-doors talks that led to the US-Cuba “thaw” and the surprise announcement of restored relations. You'll discover what it was like to experience disasters and how people recovered from them, including the Tabasco floods in Mexico, Portugal's worst train disaster, and the huge clean-up after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. You'll explore culture and ideas too: Sweden's Expedition Robinson, often credited as the first modern reality TV game show; the friendship between The Beatles' George Harrison and Indian sitarist Ravi Shankar; and the night a tiger attack brought Las Vegas superstars Siegfried and Roy's show to a sudden end. And if you're curious about inventions, we'll tell you how air fryers, BlackBerry, YouTube, Alexa, GPS, superglue, the shopping cart (shopping trolley) and bubble tea were created.If you're new to Witness History, the appeal is simple: real voices, one strong true story, and a fresh way to understand today through events from history – all in the time it takes to enjoy a cup of tea or a walk around the block. Join millions of BBC World Service podcast listeners around the globe and enjoy the insight, context and detail Witness History will bring you.(Photo: SS officer Karl Höcker relaxes at Solahuette, 1944. Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of anonymous donor)

Over the nearly five years of the operation of the Auschwitz camp, around 8,200 SS men and 200 SS female overseers served there. Dr Agnieszka Kita, Deputy Head of theAuschwitz Museum Archive, talks about what their leisure time looked like, what they did after duty, when they returned to the barracks, and what their days off looked like.

What does it mean to keep going when life takes an unexpected and painful turn? We reflect on Hebrews 11:1 and the importance of cultivating faith, hope, and confidence in God—even when we cannot see what lies ahead. Through the story of Otto Frank and the legacy he carried forward after unimaginable loss, we are reminded that pain does not have to be the end of our story. While we may face seasons of doubt, grief, uncertainty, or struggle, faith invites us to continue trusting God when the path ahead is unclear. The Bible reminds us that faith is more than simply believing when life is easy. It is confidence in God when we cannot yet see the outcome. Through prayer, Scripture, and an active relationship with Him, we can strengthen our trust and keep moving forward—one faithful step at a time. Highlights Discover what Hebrews 11:1 teaches about faith, hope, and trusting God. Learn how faith can help us keep going through difficult and uncertain seasons. Reflect on the difference between seeing the outcome and trusting God without seeing it. Find encouragement for moments when doubt and unbelief begin to take hold. Explore how prayer and Bible reading can help cultivate stronger faith. Remember the prayer from Mark 9:24: “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” Want more encouragement throughout your week? Subscribe to The Good Word, LifeAudio’s free weekly newsletter. Sign up at LifeAudio.com/thegoodword Do you want to listen ad-free? When you join Crosswalk Plus, you gain access to exclusive, in-depth Bible study guides, devotionals, sound biblical advice, and daily encouragement from trusted pastors and authors—resources designed to strengthen your faith and equip you to live it out boldly. PLUS ad free podcasts! Sign Up Today! Full Transcript Below: Cultivating the Faith to Keep GoingBy Vivian Bricker Bible Reading:“Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). Otto Frank, the sole survivor of the eight Jews in hiding within the Secret Annex, would have felt intense loss upon his return to Amsterdam after the Allies' defeat of Nazi Germany. He was already notified by previous prisoners about the death of his wife, Edith. She had died in Auschwitz due to starvation. However, he had hope that his two daughters, Margot and Anne, were still alive. This was the hope that ultimately kept him alive. Through the Red Cross, sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, contacted Otto and notified him of the death of his two daughters. They had both died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen. Unable to stand the pain, he confided in the helpers of the Secret Annex: Miep Gies, Jan Gies, Victor Kugler, Johannes Kleiman, Bep Voskuijl, and Johan Voskuijl. Although several of them had been taken by the Nazis after their hiding place was discovered, they were able to escape or be released based on medical reasons. Once Miep was notified that Anne had passed away in Bergen-Belsen, she handed Anne’s beloved diary to Otto. At first, Otto could not bring himself to read it, yet with time, he became absorbed in his daughter’s writing. He would later reflect that it was only through Anne’s diary that he truly knew her. In Anne’s Diary, Anne disclosed how there were two versions of herself: the outgoing, bubbly version and the quiet, reserved, and thoughtful version. Otto said he never knew his daughter held such expressive views and thoughts. He encouraged every parent to truly get to know their child, support them, and be the parent you wanted your parents to be to you. For the rest of his life, Otto dedicated his time and energy to bringing awareness to Anne’s diary, advocating for acceptance over hate, and the need to end anti-semitism. To prevent the past from repeating, we must learn from it. Although Otto had been through unspeakable pain, he used what resources he had to keep the memory of his daughter alive. Through Otto, the Anne Frank Fonds was founded in January 1963. He also founded the Anne Frank House, which attracts over 1.3 million people every year. Intersecting Faith & Life: The Bible tells us, “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1). Although Otto’s hope was dashed to pieces after hearing the news of his daughters’ deaths, he kept pushing forward in life. He had a purpose: to make his daughter’s memory known to the world and to fulfill her wish to become a writer. In our own lives, we must advance with this same confidence. If we have faith in God, nothing can hinder our lives. Cultivating faith in God can be challenging, especially if we have experienced a troubling time, but we are never without help. The Father, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit can foster a steadfast hope within us. This hope is like an everlasting candle; a candle that can never burn out. What is currently bringing doubts into your heart? Perhaps you are doubtful that God will bring you out of this difficult season, or if you will overcome a certain sin you are struggling with. Rather than doubting God, believe. As the father of the sick child said, “I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). Overcoming doubts and unbelief can be realized by spending time with God in prayer and Bible reading. By actively participating in your relationship with God, your faith in Him will grow. There may be difficult times ahead, but if your faith in God is strong, you can overcome even the toughest of situations. As the writer of Hebrews says, “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). Foster hope in God; He will never fail you. Do you doubt God in your daily life? What are some ways you can cultivate hope, confidence, and trust in God? Further Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:7 Romans 15:13 Isaiah 43:2 Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

durée : 00:59:31 - Avec philosophie - par : Géraldine Mosna-Savoye - La philosophe Sophie Galabru a découvert le journal d'Etty Hillesum à 15 ans, et depuis, elle le relit tous les trois ans. L'autoportrait de cette jeune femme juive qui mourra à 29 ans à Auschwitz irrigue sa pensée de l'éthique. - équipe : Nicolas Berger, Manon de La Selle, Corinne Amar Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France

Cet été, j'ai décidé de vous faire (re)découvrir certains épisodes marquants d'Enfant de la Shoah. Parce que certains récits nous marquent à jamais, et qu'il est essentiel de continuer à les faire résonner.Pour cette nouvelle étape de notre série estivale, je vous propose de vous replonger dans l'histoire de Simon. Il est l'un des témoins qui m'a le plus profondément touchée.À travers ces deux épisodes, vous découvrirez une voix d'une immense fragilité, mais surtout une émotion restée intacte, vibrante, malgré les décennies passées.Une écoute bouleversante, à rattraper ou à réécouter cet été. .Bonne écoute à tous.Que vous découvriez son histoire pour la première fois ou que vous souhaitiez la réécouter, laissez-vous porter par ce témoignage exceptionnel de SimonBonne écoute, et bel été à tous ☀️☀️☀️Dans l'épisode précédent, Simon, né en 1934, nous raconte à travers ses yeux d'enfant, l'arrivée de la guerre à paris.Puis l'exode, la rafle du Veld'Hiv à laquelle il assiste impuissant, et qui pousse sa famille à quitter la capitale.Alors que sa maman prend avec elle  son grand frere  et son petit frere à Grenoble, Simon, lui, va seul chez sa tante, à Montfermeil. Pourquoi ? il ne le saura jamais.4 années à vivre caché, grace à la bonté du maire, 4 années terribles.C'est enfin l'heure du débarquement des troupes américaines. Simon, a 11 ans. voici la suite et fin de son récit de petit Enfant de la Shoah.

What does a 13-year prison sentence really mean — and what happens when changes to early-release rules collide with one of Britain's most emotionally charged policing cases?Former Scottish detectives Tom Wood and Simon McLean examine the case of PC Andrew Harper, the 28-year-old Thames Valley Police officer who was killed in 2019 after becoming caught in a strap attached to a vehicle fleeing the theft of a quad bike.Three young men were originally charged with murder. All were ultimately acquitted of murder but convicted of, or admitted, manslaughter.Tom looks at the case from a detective's perspective and asks a fundamental evidential question:How do you prove intent?The discussion then turns to the campaign that followed Andrew Harper's death and the introduction of Harper's Law, intended to ensure life sentences for those convicted in qualifying cases of unlawfully killing emergency workers in the course of their duties.But Harper's Law could not retrospectively alter the sentences already imposed in this case.That has become central to the current controversy over early release from prison.Tom and Simon discuss the prospect of two of those convicted becoming eligible for release earlier than many members of the public expected, the reaction from senior police leaders, and the wider argument over how governments deal with an overcrowded prison system.The conversation quickly develops into something much bigger than a single case.Chapters00:00 — Cold open: “Our criminal justice system has been reduced to a bag of bones”00:58 — Introduction: Andrew Harper and the early-release controversy02:10 — Simon Levy, whole-life sentences and fitness to plead03:54 — Carstairs, secure hospitals and indefinite detention05:24 — Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and places that leave an impression08:23 — PC Andrew Harper: what happened10:17 — Harper's Law and Lissie Harper's campaign11:24 — Why Andrew Harper's killers could be released early12:35 — Police chiefs intervene over the early-release scheme13:28 — Tom on the murder charge: “How do you prove intent?”14:49 — Why automatic sentence reductions are flawed17:02 — Prison overcrowding and a criminal justice system under pressure19:19 — Why short prison sentences often fail20:04 — Alternatives to prison: “Follow the evidence”21:28 — What does a 13-year prison sentence actually mean?23:34 — Life sentences, recall and rehabilitation25:13 — The cost of the criminal justice system26:03 — “Reduced to a bag of bones”26:50 — What happens next?27:29 — ClosingReal cases. Real detectives. Real talk.About Crime Time Inc.Season 5 of Crime Time Inc. broadens its reach across two sides of the Atlantic.This season features cases from Scotland and across the wider UK — rooted in real investigative experience — alongside deep dives into some of the most infamous murder cases in American history.Hosted by former detectives Simon and Tom, with experience in both the UK and the United States, including time working alongside the FBI, the show strips away sensationalism to explain how crime and justice really work.Two crime worlds. One podcast.New episodes released regularly throughout the season.Our Website: https://crimetimeinc.com/If you like this show please leave a review. It really helps us.Please help us improve our Podcast by completing this survey.http://bit.ly/crimetimeinc-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On August 14th. 2026 ; Fr. Daniel Klimek's homily presents St. Maximilian Kolbe as a fearless missionary of the Immaculate, whose deep love for the Blessed Virgin Mary gave him the courage to defend the Catholic faith, evangelize those opposed to the Church, and remain faithful even through persecution, brutality, and death at Auschwitz. From his encounters with atheists, Freemasons, and unbelievers to his work with magazines, radio, and new technology, Kolbe understood that Christians are called not to retreat from the world, but to enter it with truth, charity, and a desire for conversion.His life is a call to reject fear and compromise. St. Maximilian fought spiritual and cultural opposition through prayer, mobilization, evangelization, sacrifice, and media, always seeking the salvation of souls rather than hatred of his enemies. He showed that true freedom belongs to the person who knows he belongs to Christ through the Immaculate.The homily also challenges Catholics today to sanctify the media. When the culture pressures Christians to remain silent or abandon the faith, St. Maximilian's example says NO. He used the newest means of communication available to proclaim the ancient and unchanging Gospel. His witness calls us to enter today's media courageously, defend the truth without compromise, honor Our Lady, evangelize the culture, and use modern technology for the greater glory of God and the salvation of souls.Readings for August 14th 2026: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081426.cfm© 2026 Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception. All rights reserved. ★ Support this podcast ★

TODAY, AUGUST 15, is traditionally the day that Catholics celebrate the feast of the Assumption, that marks Mary, mother of Jesus, being taken both body and soul into heaven. Countless Catholics even before the Church made it official dogma, believed it. What intrigues me, though, is when the Church did make the Assumption dogma. It was confirmed by Pope Pius XII in 1950. So just five years after the end of the Second World War, when millions of Jewish people lost their lives in the Holocaust, the Catholic Church officially endorsed a Jewish woman as Queen of Heaven. There's still controversy about Pius XII, elected Pope in 1939. Some historians argue that he didn't do enough for the Jewish people, while others say he worked behind the scenes to help save Jews from the Nazis. Before he became Pope, as Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, the Vatican Secretary of State, he signed on behalf of his predecessor, Pius XI, the 1933 concordat that guaranteed the rights of the Catholic Church to operate in Germany. What is less well-known is that four years later, horrified by what was happening in Germany – and monitored by Pacelli – the Vatican issued a papal teaching document or encyclical on the situation there. Called With Burning Anxiety, it was written in German, not the usual Latin, and read out in all Catholic Churches in Germany on Palm Sunday, 1937. It endorsed the Jewish scriptures as worthy of respect and condemned the exaltation of race – in other words the Nazi obsession with the Aryan race. This so infuriated the Nazis they tried to confiscate copies of the encyclical. While that document was published by Pius XI and probably authored by Pacelli, it was also probably influenced by the thinking of a Jewish woman, Edith Stein. Stein, a philosopher, converted to Catholicism and became a Carmelite nun. Stein was later arrested and died in Auschwitz in 1942. Her extensive body of writing, including the substantial letter she wrote to Pius XI, warning of the Nazis' desire to destroy the Jews and their idolising of race and power, as well as her thinking on Mary, survives. Stein saw Mary as the ideal woman, nurturing and sustaining others. A woman imitate Mary, not only in the home but in the workplace, Stein wrote, “conscious of where there is want and where help is needed, intervening and regulating as far as it is possible….Then will she, like a good spirit, spread blessing everywhere.”A good spirit that spreads blessings everywhere – that is an aspiration inspired by one Jewish woman writing of another and one I cherish on the feast of the Assumption.

Today marks the Feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a heroic martyr who gave his life for a prisoner at Auschwitz. Meanwhile, the Church prepares to celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 15. EWTN will also celebrate its 45th anniversary since Mother Angelica launched the network.

Friends of the Rosary,Today, we celebrate the memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, "a martyr of love," as St. Pope Paul VI described him, whooffered his life in exchange for the life of a husband and father of two sons, on August 14, at the German Nazi concentration and death camp of Auschwitz in Poland. The Polish 47-year-old Franciscan Conventual priest was killed by the Nazis with a lethal injection on August 14, 80 years ago.St. Kolbe, the founder of the worldwide evangelization movement, Militia Immaculatae, and a missionary in Japan in the 1930s, faithfully followed the path of Christ's sacrifice and His words in John's Gospel: “No one has a greater love than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends” –that we read today.The priest was arrested in February 1941 on charges of aiding Jews and the Polish underground and was imprisoned in Warsaw. He was deported to the death camp of Auschwitz, Poland, where he was stripped of his Franciscan habit and assigned prisoner number 16670. He was forced to do the most humiliating jobs, such as carrying dead bodies to the crematorium. Nevertheless, he continued his charity and priestly ministry, for which he was subjected to violent beatings by the guards.At the end of July 1941, when a prisoner escaped from Auschwitz, in retaliation, the deputy camp commander picked up 10 men to be starved to death in an underground bunker to deter further escape attempts. When one of the selected men, Franciszek Gajowniczek, cried out, "My wife! My children!", Kolbe volunteered to die in his place, arguing he was a Catholic priest and older than Gajowniczek, 41. The deputy commander accepted the offer.The Polish priest and others were thus locked up in the "starvation bunker" without food and water. There, Kolbe led the prisoners in prayer. Prison guards found him standing or kneeling in the cell and looking calmly at those who entered. After they had been starved and deprived of water for two weeks, only Kolbe remained alive.The prison authorities administered him a lethal injection of carbolic acid. Kolbe is said to have raised his left arm and calmly waited for the injection. Before dying, he pronounced the two words, “Ave Maria”, the final pledge of a life entrusted to the Immaculate Conception. His remains were cremated on 15 August, the feast of the Assumption of Mary.During his visit to Poland in 2016, Pope Francis visited the " starvation bunker " on July 29, where Kolbe breathed his last in Auschwitz. After a moment of silence and reflection, he left, signing the visitors' book with a brief prayer: “Lord, have mercy on your people, Lord, forgive us for so much cruelty”.Ave Maria!Come, Holy Spirit, come!To Jesus through Mary!Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.Please give us the grace to respond with joy!+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New YorkEnhance your faith with the new Holy Rosary University app:Apple iOS | New! Android Google Play• ⁠August 14, 2026, Today's Rosary on YouTube | Daily broadcast at 7:30 pm ET

On today’s show, Fr. Ryan Brady joins to share about St. Maximillian Kolbe: A Martyr of Charity Jim - My wife and I were on a tour in Poland. I didn't know a lot about the complete history, but being in Auschwitz where that took place moved us so much. When you come out, you're in tears. Touched us a lot. We prayed for his intercession. Break 1 Carol - I went to the shrine a little over a year ago. Had an experience with him to give my all to Mary. Matt - I'm part of a group called the Kolbe prison ministry. One of my Kolbe brothers' dad was in Auschwitz and saw the whole thing. The details are pretty incredible. We're doing a fundraiser for our ministry and we're going to display some pictures of Kolbe. Notes: https://marytown.com/ https://militiaoftheimmaculata.com/ Break 2 You can’t talk about St. Maximillian Kolbe without talking about Mary and her Immaculate Heart.

Friday of the 19th Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, 1894-1941; he was ordained at the age of 24; in 1917, he formed an association called the Militia Immaculata, which started producing faith periodicals; it grew into a publishing house of 650 friars; in 1941, St. Maximilian was arrested and placed in a Nazi death camp; shortly after, he died at Auschwitz, from a lethal injection, when he bartered his own life for a man’s who had a family Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 8/14/26 Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12

Happy feast of St. Maximillian Kolbe! On today’s show, Matt Swaim and Anna Mitchell discuss his life and legacy as one of the patrons of Catholic radio. Guests include Andrew Petiprin from the Spe Salvi Institute, Bobby Schindler from the Life and Hope Network, and Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo from the Institute of Catholic Culture and Fr. Jonathan Duncan from the Bone Church Revival podcast to preview the Sunday Mass readings. Plus news, weather, sports, and more… ***** A Prayer for the Intercession of St. Maximillian Kolbe St. Maximilian, amidst the hate and lonely misery of Auschwitz, you brought love into the lives of fellow captives, and sowed the seeds of hope amidst despair. You bore witness to the world, by word and deed, that only “Love alone creates.” Help me to become more like yourself. With you and Mary and the Church, may I proclaim that only “Love alone creates.” To the hungry and oppressed, the naked and homeless, the scorned and hated, the lonely and despairing, may I proclaim the power of Christ’s love, which endures forever and ever. Amen. Prayer from militiaoftheimmaculata.com. ***** Full list of guestsSupport the show: https://www.sacredheartradio.com/donate-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We spend a lot of energy chasing happiness. But what if happiness was never the deepest goal? Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor who spent years in Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz. What he observed there, about the difference between the people who survived and those who did not, became the foundation of one of the most important books ever written about being human. That book is Man's Search for Meaning. In this episode I explore the distinction between happiness and meaning, why meaning is a stronger predictor of wellbeing than moment-to-moment positive emotion, and why midlife is an ideal season to ask the question: what am I in service of right now? The answer may be more available than you think. Want everything in one place? Join me on Substack for real talk, deeper insights, and the community you didn't know you needed — at https://courtneytownley.substack.com   #GraceAndGrit #Meaning #MidlifeWomen #ViktorFrankl #ManSearchForMeaning #WomensWellness #DeepHealth #Purpose #MidlifeHealth #IntentionalLiving

Full Text of Readings Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr Lectionary: 417 The Saint of the day is Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe's Story “I don't know what's going to become of you!” How many parents have said that? Maximilian Mary Kolbe's reaction was, “I prayed very hard to Our Lady to tell me what would happen to me. She appeared, holding in her hands two crowns, one white, one red. She asked if I would like to have them—one was for purity, the other for martyrdom. I said, ‘I choose both.' She smiled and disappeared.” After that he was not the same. He entered the minor seminary of the Conventual Franciscans in Lvív–then Poland, now Ukraine—near his birthplace, and at 16 became a novice. Though Maximilian later achieved doctorates in philosophy and theology, he was deeply interested in science, even drawing plans for rocket ships. Ordained at 24, Maximilian Mary Kolbe saw religious indifference as the deadliest poison of the day. His mission was to combat it. He had already founded the Militia of the Immaculata, whose aim was to fight evil with the witness of the good life, prayer, work, and suffering. He dreamed of and then founded Knight of the Immaculata, a religious magazine under Mary's protection to preach the Good News to all nations. For the work of publication he established a “City of the Immaculata”—Niepokalanow—which housed 700 of his Franciscan brothers. He later founded another one in Nagasaki, Japan. Both the Militia and the magazine ultimately reached the one-million mark in members and subscribers. His love of God was daily filtered through devotion to Mary. In 1939, the Nazi panzers overran Poland with deadly speed. Niepokalanow was severely bombed. Kolbe and his friars were arrested, then released in less than three months, on the feast of the Immaculate Conception. In 1941, Maximilian Mary Kolbe was arrested again. The Nazis' purpose was to liquidate the select ones, the leaders. The end came quickly, three months later in Auschwitz, after terrible beatings and humiliations. A prisoner had escaped. The commandant announced that 10 men would die. He relished walking along the ranks. “This one. That one.” As they were being marched away to the starvation bunkers, Number 16670 dared to step from the line. “I would like to take that man's place. He has a wife and children.”“Who are you?”“A priest.” No name, no mention of fame. Silence. The commandant, dumbfounded, perhaps with a fleeting thought of history, kicked Sergeant Francis Gajowniczek out of line and ordered Fr. Kolbe to go with the nine. In the “block of death” they were ordered to strip naked, and their slow starvation began in darkness. But there was no screaming—the prisoners sang. By the eve of the Assumption, four were left alive. The jailer came to finish Kolbe off as he sat in a corner praying. He lifted his fleshless arm to receive the bite of the hypodermic needle. It was filled with carbolic acid. They burned his body with all the others. Maximilian Mary Kolbe was beatified in 1971 and canonized in 1982. Reflection Maximilian Mary Kolbe's death was not a sudden, last-minute act of heroism. His whole life had been a preparation. His holiness was a limitless, passionate desire to convert the whole world to God. And his beloved Immaculata was his inspiration. May we mirror his bravery and his unblemished love for God as we navigate our own faith journeys.Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Aujourd'hui, nous sommes le vendredi 14 août et nous fêtons saint Maximilien Kolbe. Ce prêtre polonais fut assassiné à Auschwitz le 14 août 1941. Ce jour là, il proposa de mourir à la place d'un père de famille polonais. En ce début de semaine, je demande au Seigneur la grâce d'être attentive à Sa présence à travers mon prochain, au milieu de mes activités... Chaque jour, retrouvez 12 minutes une méditation guidée pour prier avec un texte de la messe ! A retrouver sur l'application et le site www.prieenchemin.org. Musiques : Minstrel de Keri Newdigate - Still Waters © voir la licence de Magnatunes ; Alliance de Dan Luiten - Still Waters © © 2025 ADL (distribution Booost Music Group).

This episode is a re-release; it originally aired on December 9, 2012. The late Nobel Peace Prize winner, professor, New York Times bestselling author, humanitarian and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel discusses his life-changing heart surgery and his latest memoir, “Open Heart.” He shares the fears associated with his life-saving operation and how they allowed him to re-examine his career and deepen his devotion to his family. Elie also explains what he hopes will be the destiny of his life's work. Elie Wiesel was just 15 years old when he was sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Years later, he would write his firsthand account of the Holocaust in what has become what many consider to be one of the most important books of our time, “Night.” In 2006, Elie returned to Auschwitz to meet Oprah and walk the grounds of the 6,700-acre complex and reflect on the lives that were lost in the 20th century's greatest tragedy. Elie passed away in 2016 at his home in Manhattan. He was 87 years old. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vad var det egentligen för ideologi som växte fram i Tyskland under 1920- och 30-talet? Hur lyckades ett demokratiskt samhälle förvandlas till en totalitär diktatur, och vilka var de bärande idéerna bakom regimens systematiska förbrytelser? Gäst i det första av två avsnitt om nazismens historia är Johan Stenfeldt, docent och universitetslektor vid Lunds universitet, som skrivit mycket om auktoritära ideologier. Programledare: Fritte FritzsonProducent: Ida WahlströmKlippning: Silverdrake förlagSignaturmelodi: Vacaciones - av Svantana i arrangemang av Daniel AldermarkGrafik: Jonas PikeFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/alltduvelatveta/Instagram: @alltduvelatveta / @frittefritzsonHar du förslag på avsnitt eller experter: Gå in på www.fritte.se och leta dig fram till kontakt!Podden produceras av Blandade Budskap AB och presenteras i samarbete med AcastLästips om nazismen:Alf W. Johansson, Den nazistiska utmaningenChristopher R. Browning, Helt vanliga mänGötz Aly, Hitlers FolkstatHannah Arendt, Den banala ondskanZygmunt Bauman, Auschwitz och det moderna samhälletJohan Stenfeldt, Renegater - Nils Flyg och Sven Olof Lindholm i gränslandet mellan kommunism och nazism........................................................Organisationer som hjälper Ukrainahttps://blagulabilen.se/http://www.humanbridge.se/https://www.rodakorset.se/https://lakareutangranser.se/nyheter/oro-over-situationen-i-ukrainaNågra organisationer som hjälper i Gazahttps://lakareutangranser.se/vad-vi-gor/har-arbetar-vi/palestinahttps://unicef.se/katastrofinsatser/hjalp-barnen-i-gazakrisenhttps://www.rodakorset.se/var-varld/har-arbetar-vi/palestina/gaza/gaza/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Laura Falqui, Raffaele Milani"I giardini nel cinema"L'invenzione della natura nell'immagine-movimentoOlschki Editorewww.olschki.itIl cinema inventa la natura, la scopre per noi che la attraversiamo nei suoi giardini, tra mondi della realtà e del sogno. Guardare un film attraverso il suo giardino significa rivivere lo spazio mediante la cinepresa, in una poetica delle forme di varia bellezza. Come una lunga passeggiata, il libro ci accompagna nelle meraviglie della natura cintata e dei suoi sentieri che abbracciano in un unico, complesso disegno, immagini e movimento.C'è un paradosso al centro di questo saggio uscito per Olschki: il giardino, luogo che associamo istintivamente alla quiete e alla natura addomesticata per il piacere dell'occhio, diventa nel cinema il teatro privilegiato di inganno, delitto e smarrimento. Laura Falqui e Raffaele Milani attraversano decenni di storia del cinema per raccontarlo: dal prato deserto di Blow Up, dove il fotografo di Antonioni scopre per caso un omicidio, ai giardini geometricamente perfetti de I misteri del giardino di Compton House di Peter Greenaway, teatro di un doppio inganno; dal labirinto innevato di Shining al tempo sospeso e ipnotico de L'anno scorso a Marienbad di Resnais, fino al capitolo più duro, quello su La zona d'interesse di Jonathan Glazer, dove il giardino curato della famiglia del comandante di Auschwitz diventa cornice di un'indifferenza assoluta al male, a pochi metri dalle camere a gas.Il libro non è dunque una storia del "giardino come sfondo", ma la tesi opposta: la natura filmata come soggetto vivente, strumento di racconto, specchio di potere, memoria e resistenza — un modo per rileggere il cinema di Antonioni, Greenaway, Kubrick, Resnais, Bergman, Jarman, Glazer attraverso lo spazio che meno ci si aspetterebbe come chiave interpretativa.Laura Falqui è saggista, scrittrice, specialista di arti visive, regista teatrale. Studiosa del Preraffaellitismo inglese, ha dedicato a questo argomento saggi in volume e altri scritti. Tra questi: Ascoltare l'incenso. Confraternite di pittori nell'Ottocento (1985); Aurea domus. Viaggio nel sogno preraffaellita (1995), La sostanza nascosta. Il silenzio nella pittura (2017), Il tocco dell'invisibile. La grafite di Edward Burne-Jones (2024). Da qualche anno ha trasferito la sua scrittura creativa dalla drammaturgia a una forma narrativa, in cui affiorano le sue passioni di sempre: la pittura del secondo Ottocento inglese, la fiaba, il nonsense. - (febbraio 2026) - Raffaele Milani è docente di Estetica del Paesaggio nella Scuola di Specializzazione in Beni storico-artistici dell'Università di Bologna, già professore ordinario di Estetica presso il Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Educazione nello stesso Ateneo. È stato direttore del “Laboratorio di ricerca sulle città e i paesaggi”, keynote speaker in convegni internazionali, visiting professor in varie università straniere. Tra le sue pubblicazioni, tradotte in diverse lingue: L'arte del paesaggio (2001), Il paesaggio è un'avventura (2005), I volti della grazia. Filosofia, arte, natura (2009), Albe di un nuovo sentire (2020). All'inizio della carriera ha pubblicato sul cinema e sul teatro. - (febbraio 2026) - Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Full Text of Readings Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 115 The Saint of the day is Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross' Story A brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was 14, Edith Stein was so captivated by reading the autobiography of Teresa of Avila that she began a spiritual journey that led to her baptism in 1922. Twelve years later she imitated Saint Teresa by becoming a Carmelite, taking the name Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. Born into a prominent Jewish family in Breslau, Germany—now Wroclaw, Poland—Edith abandoned Judaism in her teens. As a student at the University of Göttingen, she became fascinated by phenomenology–an approach to philosophy. Excelling as a protégé of Edmund Husserl, one of the leading phenomenologists, Edith earned a doctorate in philosophy in 1916. She continued as a university teacher until 1922, when she moved to a Dominican school in Speyer; her appointment as lecturer at the Educational Institute of Munich ended under pressure from the Nazis. After living for four years in the Cologne Carmel, Teresa Benedicta of the Cross moved to the Carmelite monastery in Echt, Netherlands, in 1938. The Nazis occupied that country in 1940. In retaliation for being denounced by the Dutch bishops, the Nazis arrested all Dutch Jews who had become Christians. Teresa Benedicta and her sister Rosa, also a Catholic, died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz on August 9, 1942. Pope John Paul II beatified Teresa Benedicta of the Cross in 1987 and canonized her 12 years later. Reflection The writings of Teresa Benedicta of the Cross fill 17 volumes, many of which have been translated into English. A woman of integrity, she followed the truth wherever it led her. After becoming a Catholic, Edith continued to honor her mother's Jewish faith. Sister Josephine Koeppel, O.C.D., translator of several of Edith's books, sums up this saint with the phrase, “Learn to live at God's hands.”Saint of the Day, Copyright Franciscan Media

Andrea Frediani"La notte dei traditori"Una corsa contro il tempo negli ultimi giorni del Terzo ReichNewton Compton Editoriwww.newtoncompton.comUn autore da oltre un milione e mezzo di copieUna corsa contro il tempo negli ultimi giorni del Terzo ReichUn tesoro rubato, un mondo in fiamme. E due amici disposti a tutto per salvarsi.«Andrea Frediani accompagna i lettori senza perdersi in luoghi comuni e tenendo fede alla correttezza della ricostruzione storica.»la Repubblica«Nella narrazione Frediani predilige tenere il pubblico con il fiato sospeso grazie a un ritmo e a una cadenza serrata, tipica di romanzieri quali Ken Follett, Valerio Massimo Manfredi e Michael Crichton.»Corriere della Sera1945. Ultimi giorni di guerra. La Germania è sconvolta dalle invasioni degli Alleati. Due amici, Konrad e Alois, disertano per cercare di raggiungere Berlino, prima che cada nelle mani dei sovietici. Hanno collaborato per anni al Progetto Linz, sottraendo ai proprietari, spesso ebrei, opere d'arte dal valore inestimabile. Adesso, il loro obiettivo è approfittare del legame passato con Joseph Goebbels per mettere le mani su quei quadri e scambiarli con la salvezza. La loro è una drammatica corsa contro il tempo, un viaggio nell'orrore di un fronte sconvolto non solo da bombardamenti e saccheggi, ma anche da suicidi di massa, colonne di profughi e di deportati, campi di concentramento abbandonati, distruzione e macerie. E le bande di giovanissimi invasati del Werwolf, le corti marziali itineranti per giustiziare i disfattisti, le squadre della Gestapo a caccia dei disertori, si rivelano più pericolose e spietate degli stessi nemici. Tra Konrad e Alois le tensioni si accumulano, fi no alla resa dei conti nella capitale assediata e all'incontro con il gerarca nazista, proprio nell'ultimo caposaldo del potere: il bunker di Hitler…Andrea FredianiÈ nato a Roma nel 1963. Divulgatore storico tra i più noti d'Italia, con la Newton Compton ha pubblicato diversi saggi e romanzi storici, tra i quali: Jerusalem; Un eroe per l'impero romano; la trilogia Dictator, il cui ultimo volume, Il trionfo di Cesare, ha vinto il Premio Selezione Bancarella 2011; Marathon; La dinastia; 300 guerrieri; L'enigma del gesuita. Ha firmato le serie Gli invincibili, Invasion Saga e Roma Caput Mundi; i thriller storici Il custode dei 99 manoscritti e La spia dei Borgia; Lo chiamavano Gladiatore, con Massimo Lugli; Il cospiratore; Il bibliotecario di Auschwitz; I Lupi di Roma; L'ultimo soldato di Mussolini; L'eroe di Atene; Il nazista che visse due volte; Il dio della guerra; Napoleone; Delitto al Palatino; Il gladiatore; I sette imperi. La stirpe del fuoco, 10 cose sull'Iran che non puoi non conoscere e La notte dei traditori. Le sue opere sono state tradotte in tutto il mondo.
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Gabriella Fenocchio"La tristezza ci avvolge come miele"Ricordando Francesco GucciniFrancesco Guccini se n'è andato il 6 agosto 2026, a Pavana, il paese dell'Appennino tosco-emiliano da cui non si era più mosso e a cui aveva sempre affidato le proprie origini. Aveva 86 anni. Con lui scompare non solo uno dei più amati cantautori italiani, ma una delle voci che hanno più ostinatamente insistito, per oltre mezzo secolo, sulla dignità letteraria della parola cantata.Leggere oggi i testi di Guccini con lo sguardo della filologia, come ha fatto Gabriella Fenocchio nel volume "Canzoni" del 2018, significa restituire a canzoni come "La locomotiva", "Auschwitz" o "L'avvelenata" lo statuto che meritano: quello di testi costruiti, tessuti verso per verso, dove ogni accento e ogni rima porta un peso preciso. Sotto la superficie affiorano Ginsberg, Nietzsche, Eliot, Montale, Gadda, Omero: una rete di citazioni che Guccini non esibiva ma incorporava, come si fa con una lingua che si è fatta propria.Ma la parola di Guccini non è stata soltanto quella delle canzoni. È stata, appunto, plurale. Lo stesso autore che a Bologna, in via Paolo Fabbri 43, scriveva ballate d'amore e invettive contro il mondo discografico, negli anni si è fatto narratore di memoria contadina in "Cròniche epafàniche", autore di gialli scritti a quattro mani con Loriano Macchiavelli, memorialista, e infine romanziere fino all'ultimo, con "Calde le pere", il libro a cui ha lavorato fino alla fine e che uscirà postumo in settembre. Il suo editor Antonio Franchini l'ha detto con precisione: come ogni grande scrittore, Guccini ha raccontato una sola storia, sempre la stessa, che dalle canzoni è passata ai romanzi senza mai perdere voce né tensione.È questa pluralità di registri, tenuta insieme da un'unica coerenza di sguardo e di lingua, a rendere Guccini un caso raro nella cultura italiana del secondo Novecento: un cantautore letto come poeta, uno scrittore che non ha mai smesso di essere, prima di tutto, un narratore di storie e di luoghi, dall'Appennino pavanese a una Bologna che nelle sue canzoni resta ancora oggi riconoscibile.Gabriella Fenocchio, originaria di San Benedetto del Tronto e residente a Bologna, insegna Letteratura in un liceo bolognese ed è stata docente di Letteratura italiana presso la Scuola per Interpreti e Traduttori di Forlì, collaborando inoltre con il Dipartimento di Italianistica dell'Università di Bologna. Affianca all'insegnamento un'attività di ricerca sulla narrativa italiana del Novecento e su questioni di teoria della letteratura e filologia, con contributi dedicati fra gli altri a Beppe Fenoglio. È autrice del volume "Il Novecento" nella Storia della letteratura italiana diretta da Ezio Raimondi e della monografia "Alfieri" per il Mulino. Nel 2018 firma introduzione e commento di "Canzoni", l'edizione filologica dei testi di Francesco Guccini pubblicata da Bompiani. Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Etty Hillesum werd postuum beroemd met de publicatie van haar oorlogsdagboek onder de titel Het verstoorde leven. Hierin doet ze verslag van het leven als Jood onder de nazi-bezetting. Hoe onderdrukt dat leven ook werd, in haar denken bleef Hillesum vrij.Vanaf 1941 hield Etty Hillesum een dagboek bij over haar leven tijdens de Duitse bezetting. De Joodse Hillesum besloot niet onder te duiken, maar ‘het lot van haar volk te delen'. Ze werkte als sociaal werker in kamp Westerbork en wordt uiteindelijk op haar 29e naar Auschwitz afgevoerd, waar ze wordt vermoord. In 1981 verschijnt een bloemlezing uit haar dagboeken onder de titel Het verstoorde leven. Een uniek document van de Jodenvervolging in Nederland, die Hillesum internationaal op de kaart zette.Tijdens haar leven onbekend, maar postuum een publiek intellectueel. Wat voor innerlijke ontwikkelingen maakte Hillesum door tijdens haar leven, hoe vormde zich haar spirituele bewustzijn, en hoe resoneren de ideeën van Etty Hillesum vandaag de dag? In gesprek met essayist en schrijver Marja Pruis, filosoof en publicist Welmoed Vlieger en Lid Raad van Toezicht Etty Hillesum Centrum Harm Wesselink.Programmamaker: Veronica BaasIn samenwerking met: De Groene AmsterdammerMogelijk gemaakt door: VfondsZie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

After a great human-wrought tragedy, how are victims and their kin made right? What does it mean to take revenge, to exact vengeance, to seek redress, to go vigilante in seeking justice? What counts as the proper or sufficient retaliation or retribution--and what can or should be left to the impartial third-person mechanisms of a justice system? To ask about those troubling topics from a new angle, Brandeis University's Laura Jockusch (author, previously, of Collect and Record and Jewish Honor Courts) has written about Jewish revenge on genocide perpetrators in her searching, and shocking Jewish Revenge and the Holocaust. Drawing on her great erudition and painstaking archival research, she explores how views changed during and after the war--and in following decades when justice and vengeance came to seem potentially compatible, especially if revenge could be rendered an aesthetic or imaginative phenomenon. Mentioned in the episode Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Seekers for vengeance and also justice: Eli Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal The killing of Ernst Vom Rath (pretext for the Night of Broken Glass) Aeschylus, The Oresteia (5th century B.C.) Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963, no episode of RTB would be complete without it...) Bruce Robbins, Atrocity: A Literary History Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States (1980) Tony Judt Postwar (2005) Recallable Books: Zalman Gradovsky, The Last Consolation Vanished Jean Amery, At the Mind's Limit: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities Filip Müller Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers Kleist, Michael Kohlhass (1810) Read a transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

After a great human-wrought tragedy, how are victims and their kin made right? What does it mean to take revenge, to exact vengeance, to seek redress, to go vigilante in seeking justice? What counts as the proper or sufficient retaliation or retribution--and what can or should be left to the impartial third-person mechanisms of a justice system? To ask about those troubling topics from a new angle, Brandeis University's Laura Jockusch (author, previously, of Collect and Record and Jewish Honor Courts) has written about Jewish revenge on genocide perpetrators in her searching, and shocking Jewish Revenge and the Holocaust. Drawing on her great erudition and painstaking archival research, she explores how views changed during and after the war--and in following decades when justice and vengeance came to seem potentially compatible, especially if revenge could be rendered an aesthetic or imaginative phenomenon. Mentioned in the episode Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Seekers for vengeance and also justice: Eli Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal The killing of Ernst Vom Rath (pretext for the Night of Broken Glass) Aeschylus, The Oresteia (5th century B.C.) Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963, no episode of RTB would be complete without it...) Bruce Robbins, Atrocity: A Literary History Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States (1980) Tony Judt Postwar (2005) Recallable Books: Zalman Gradovsky, The Last Consolation Vanished Jean Amery, At the Mind's Limit: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities Filip Müller Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers Kleist, Michael Kohlhass (1810) Read a transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a great human-wrought tragedy, how are victims and their kin made right? What does it mean to take revenge, to exact vengeance, to seek redress, to go vigilante in seeking justice? What counts as the proper or sufficient retaliation or retribution--and what can or should be left to the impartial third-person mechanisms of a justice system? To ask about those troubling topics from a new angle, Brandeis University's Laura Jockusch (author, previously, of Collect and Record and Jewish Honor Courts) has written about Jewish revenge on genocide perpetrators in her searching, and shocking Jewish Revenge and the Holocaust. Drawing on her great erudition and painstaking archival research, she explores how views changed during and after the war--and in following decades when justice and vengeance came to seem potentially compatible, especially if revenge could be rendered an aesthetic or imaginative phenomenon. Mentioned in the episode Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Seekers for vengeance and also justice: Eli Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal The killing of Ernst Vom Rath (pretext for the Night of Broken Glass) Aeschylus, The Oresteia (5th century B.C.) Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963, no episode of RTB would be complete without it...) Bruce Robbins, Atrocity: A Literary History Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States (1980) Tony Judt Postwar (2005) Recallable Books: Zalman Gradovsky, The Last Consolation Vanished Jean Amery, At the Mind's Limit: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities Filip Müller Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers Kleist, Michael Kohlhass (1810) Read a transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/jewish-studies

After a great human-wrought tragedy, how are victims and their kin made right? What does it mean to take revenge, to exact vengeance, to seek redress, to go vigilante in seeking justice? What counts as the proper or sufficient retaliation or retribution--and what can or should be left to the impartial third-person mechanisms of a justice system? To ask about those troubling topics from a new angle, Brandeis University's Laura Jockusch (author, previously, of Collect and Record and Jewish Honor Courts) has written about Jewish revenge on genocide perpetrators in her searching, and shocking Jewish Revenge and the Holocaust. Drawing on her great erudition and painstaking archival research, she explores how views changed during and after the war--and in following decades when justice and vengeance came to seem potentially compatible, especially if revenge could be rendered an aesthetic or imaginative phenomenon. Mentioned in the episode Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Seekers for vengeance and also justice: Eli Wiesel and Simon Wiesenthal The killing of Ernst Vom Rath (pretext for the Night of Broken Glass) Aeschylus, The Oresteia (5th century B.C.) Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963, no episode of RTB would be complete without it...) Bruce Robbins, Atrocity: A Literary History Howard Zinn, A People's History of the United States (1980) Tony Judt Postwar (2005) Recallable Books: Zalman Gradovsky, The Last Consolation Vanished Jean Amery, At the Mind's Limit: Contemplations by a Survivor on Auschwitz and Its Realities Filip Müller Eyewitness Auschwitz: Three Years in the Gas Chambers Kleist, Michael Kohlhass (1810) Read a transcript here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

A woman locks herself in her house for months after losing a child, furious at anyone still laughing, still living. Dragged to a wedding against her will, she escapes into an old pay phone just to scream and cry without being watched — and an elderly woman selling nothing but a dollar's worth of tzedaka walks over and tells her she's "wasting her tears." Then that old woman reveals she lost ten children in Auschwitz. What she says next — about where grief is supposed to go — is the whole episode. This is not a Holocaust story. It's a story about what your own tears are actually for.

El 4 de agosto de 1944, la Gestapo irrumpió en el Anexo Secreto de Ámsterdam y arrestó a Ana Frank, su familia y los demás escondidos junto a dos ayudantes. Fueron enviados al campo de Westerbork y luego deportados a Auschwitz; la causa del descubrimiento sigue sin confirmarse con certeza.

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History interviews from the BBC World Service. We hear how a comic book fan and his friends began the very first comic convention in New York in 1964. Our guest is comic book expert Dr Barbara Postema, from the University Groningen in the Netherlands. Next, we hear how Oasis 1995 hit Wonderwall was made with the man who was the sound engineer on the record. Plus, the memories of the cellist of Auschwitz in World War Two and the final use of a barbaric execution method in Franco's Spain. Sporting Witness takes us back to Hearts of Midlothian's heartbreaking season of 1986. And finally, we learn how Sweden gave its workers some of the longest paid holidays in the world in 1970. Contributors: Bernie Bubnis – organiser of the first Comic Con Dr Barbara Postema - lecturer in the English programme at the University of Groningen Nick Brine – sound engineer on Oasis' song Wonderwall Anita Lasker-Wallfisch – the cellist of Auschwitz Carme Puig Antich – brother of Salvador Puig Antich Gary Mackay and striker John ‘Robbo' Robertson – former Hearts players Inga Persson - beneficiary of Sweden's long summers (Photo: Oasis performing in 1996. Credit: Bernd Mueller/ Redferns via Getty)

The newly minted New York Times bestseller The Renoir Girls by Brit Catherine Ostler tells a hidden story of what really happened to the young girls in Renoir's famous portraits. As it turns out, they were victims of the Holocaust. How could these high-society children have ended up suffering, one even at Auschwitz? The story digs into government, politics, hatred, antisemitism, art, family, wealth, and class. I adored speaking to Catherine, one of the brightest people I've interviewed, and had the pleasure of meeting her in person afterward on the day her book hit “the list.” Huge thanks to Plum Sykes for the introduction. ** Want more? Become a part of my community! Sign up for Zibby's Highlights, which includes a free weekly newsletter, event livestreams, most anticipated book lists, personal essays, and a new essay platform with stories from all of you about what chapters you're in (inspired by my upcoming book Between Chapters: How I Started Over, Took Some Chances, and Found the Plot, 9/22/26). And follow me on Instagram @zibbyowens. But really, keep listening here. If you love my show, please tell a friend! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Holocaust did not begin with Auschwitz. Before the gas chambers became instruments of industrialized murder, mobile SS killing squads known as the Einsatzgruppen followed the German army into Eastern Europe, massacring more than a million Jews, Roma, Soviet prisoners, and civilians in forests, ravines, villages, and fields. After the war, a young American Army investigator named Benjamin “Ben” Ferencz uncovered the Nazis' own meticulous records of these mass shootings. At just 27 years old—and having never argued a case in court—Ferencz was appointed Chief Prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen Trial at Nuremberg, where twenty-two SS commanders were charged with crimes against humanity in what newspapers called “the biggest murder trial in history.” Join military historian Colin Heaton as he examines the history of the Einsatzgruppen, the evidence that exposed their crimes, and the landmark trial that helped establish modern international criminal law. Along the way, we'll explore the remarkable life and legacy of Ben Ferencz, whose pursuit of justice shaped the postwar world and influenced generations of war crimes prosecutions.

When the 7.8 magnitude earthquake tore through southeastern Turkey in 2023, the government posted that it would provide translation support in seven languages: Turkish, Arabic, Persian, English, Russian, German, and Pashto. Kurdish, spoken by fifteen million people in the affected region, was not on the list. Elderly Kurdish speakers cried out for help in their mother tongue and could not be understood. Women were afraid to speak Kurdish for fear of not being rescued. Two days later, the government shut down Twitter entirely. A Kurdish educator named Zara Mohammadi had already been jailed for ten years in Iran for the crime of teaching Kurdish to village children for free. Turkey had banned the letters q, w, and x for eighty-five years because they appeared in the Kurdish alphabet and not in Turkish. Today's guest is Sophia Smith Galer, author of *How to Kill a Language: Power, Resistance, and the Race to Save Our Words*. We discuss how up to half of the world's 7,000 languages will disappear within the next century, and why this isn't natural attrition but the result of ten distinct weapons of linguicide that Smith Galer traces across the globe. We look at how the United States spent $180 million on revitalization since 2005, and how Ladino songs written inside Auschwitz document a language shift happening in real time, and why Smith Galer describes her own journey with her grandmother's dying language from the Italian Apennines as "palliative care."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do we do when life breaks our hearts and we can't fix the pain for the people we love?In this moving and deeply human episode of Linda's Corner Podcast, I sit down with Brad Wolfe — singer-songwriter, community activist, and founder of Reimagine — to talk about grief, music, storytelling, and how we can transform pain into purpose, connection, and healing.Brad shares the story of his childhood friend Sara, who was diagnosed with a rare pediatric cancer. Faced with the helplessness that so many people feel during tragedy, Brad discovered something powerful: even when we can't make everything better, we can still show up with love. He brought his guitar to the hospital and began singing for Sara, eventually writing a song for her called “Sara's Got a Sunbeam.” Through music, Brad witnessed not only emotional comfort, but even relief from some of Sara's physical symptoms.The experience transformed Brad as well. He realized that helping others creates healing for everyone involved. That journey eventually led to the creation of the Sunbeam Foundation, which has since raised more than $1 million for cancer research. Brad also formed his band, Brad Wolfe & The Moon, debuting alongside Grammy-winning artist Sara Bareilles.We also discuss the powerful story behind Brad's song “Why Wait?” — inspired by his grandmother, Sally Wolfe, one of the last living survivors of The Holocaust and a survivor of Auschwitz concentration camp. Sally lived to be 102 years old and left behind a profound message: life is short, so we must use our time to care for one another, practice kindness, and choose tolerance and compassion.That message became a guiding force in Brad's life and work. Through Reimagine, Brad has helped create one of the largest community movements in the United States focused on grief, healing, mortality, and meaning. Reimagine has hosted more than 4,500 events for over 250,000 people, creating safe spaces where people can share stories about loss, illness, discrimination, violence, heartbreak, and hope.We also talk about the healing power of creativity and storytelling, the role music plays in helping us process difficult emotions, and how even small steps can help us create meaning and purpose from painful experiences. Brad reminds us that while life is fragile and temporary, we still have the opportunity to live intentionally, love deeply, and do what matters most with the time we are given.You can learn more about Brad Wolfe and his work at:Brad Wolfe Official WebsiteReimagineYou can also watch Brad's powerful music video for “Why Wait?” here:Why Wait Music VideoListen, Share, and SupportIf this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who may need hope today.Be sure to subscribe, leave a rating and review, and help us spread more healing and inspiration to the world.Free Resource for HealingIf you're ready to release stress, calm your mind, and begin healing from within, visit:

In this episode Garth and special guest host Jane Halonen interview Nancy Segal from California State University, Fullerton in Fullerton, CA. Nancy discusses her lifelong twin research, books, and current projects. She describes how an undergraduate essay sparked her career, her work with the Minnesota twins reared-apart study, and how behavioral genetics became more accepted as evidence accumulated. She previews her trade book Twinship: What Twins' Ties Reveal About Relationships and notes she has nine published books, including work on Auschwitz twins, switched-at-birth Colombian identical twins, and a case involving gay fathers and twin sons. Nancy discusses twin-loss research, expert-witness cases, and doppelgangers used to counter "treated alike" critiques. She explains rising twinning rates (delayed childbirth, IVF), emphasizes twin studies' relevance to everyone, rejects evidence for "twin telepathy," and invites participation via her website and twin study center. [Note. Portions of the show notes were generated with Descript AI.]

Kontinuamos kontando la milakrosa istoria de David Galante, superbiviente del Holocausto, Shoá, nasido en Rodas (Grecia) el 21 de Agosto de 1925, kon soltanto 17 anyos fue yevado a los kampos de la muerte nazis injunto a su famyia. Por el tiempo de 50 anyos no pudo ni kisho avlar de la vida en Auschwitz, ma dempués se konvensió ke devía kontarlo todo i dar ensenyanza de su vida i lucha. ¿Kómo reushó en su terivle lucha por sobrebivir? ¿Kómo fue su vida dempués en Buenos Aires, Argentina? Un omenaje a David Galante ke murió en Buenos Aires, Argentina en 2020. En el Museo del Holocausto de Buenos Aires (Argentina) i en Yad Vashem (Israel), se guadra dokumentasión i fotos de su istoria. Kurunamos el programa kon el kante "Yo m'enamorí" en la boz de Fortuna."Mi vedradera liverasión fue kuando pude empezar a kontar" David Galante (Rodas, 1925 - Buenos Aires, 2020)Escuchar audio

The Holocaust is not just a Jewish story - it's a story of humanity. So says Naftali Schiff, a rabbi and the founder and CEO of Jewish Futures. Naftali co-authored the gripping book, Miracle: The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber at Auschwitz. It chronicles the real, incredible story of a group of Jewish boys who survived the hellish gas chambers at Auschwitz. The eye-opening book also has an accompanying documentary that highlights the gripping stories of Holocaust survivors. Naftali emphasizes the importance of sharing this tragic and terrible history with our children. The truth must be preserved for future generations, even if it is uncomfortable. The stories of those who lived - or died - at Auschwitz remind us that persecution is never more than one generation away. TAKEAWAYS We must teach our children to embrace good and reject evil and stand up for what is right Not many Christian churches directly discuss the history or impact of the Holocaust Not many Holocaust survivors are still alive today, and soon, the world will rely merely on the memory of their testimonies We live in a world of digital ‘fakes,' but the Holocaust reminds us that evil is very real

Join our WhatsApp group for weekly exclusive content: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FEgoaCOQoyU2VX49SwA8Aw?s=cl&p=a&ilr=4   Be Courageous, be Honest, be a Jew. Those were the words with which a parent took leave of his son during the Holocaust.    However much we are aware of the terrible years that befell our People, the words and testimonies shake us and make us rethink Faith & Suffering   Mrs Zahava Ungar & Mr Yisrael Diamond are living proof to the tragedies and perseverance that took them through 5 years of torment. They are both heads of a families today which have continued the Yiddishkeit of pre-war generations. Their words need to be heard.   Timestamps: [0:00:00] – Survivor vignette: sneaking out for water, sister taken [0:00:38] – Podcast introduction and dedication [0:01:50] – Framing the episode: from numbers to personal stories; link to Tisha B'Av [0:03:33] – Reading and discussion of the three Holocaust letters (to ~[0:07:30]) [0:07:37] – Introduction to Mrs. Sahava Unger [0:08:17] – Early life, Nazi occupation, father taken to labor [0:10:28] – Ghetto, deportation to Auschwitz [0:13:47] – Birkenau, living conditions, selection, loss of sister [0:18:47] – Liberation, aunts in “Canada,” uncle in Sonderkommando, journey after the war ~[0:24:27]–[0:29:00] – Reflections on fear, hunger, cold; her later life and family [0:29:00] – Introduction to Mr. Yustral Diamond [0:29:23] – Leaving Antwerp; journey to Montpellier, south of France [0:31:08] – Round-up orders; warning and help from French gendarmerie chief [0:38:21] – Hiding in villages, resistance environment, daily terror [0:45:32] – Post-war: yeshiva, return to Antwerp, move to Golders Green, religious perseverance [0:48:07] – Introduction to Rav Yeshua Grunwald [0:49:57] – Excerpts from his writings; Holocaust suffering as “mizbeach” / Kodesh Kodashim [0:53:29] – His closing prayer for justice and redemption [0:54:17]–end – Host's closing words and Tisha B'Av message

Conversion doesn't always happen in a single blinding moment of clarity. Sometimes, like drops of water slowly filling a glass, conversion to the Catholic faith is the result of countless conversations, experiences, and quiet moments accumulated over many years.In today's episode, I speak with Lucinda -- a teacher and Cambridge graduate -- about her journey to the Catholic Church. Through conversations with friends, encounters with Evangelical Christians and faithful Catholics, and even a visit to Auschwitz, Lucinda gradually came to understand and embrace the Catholic faith.Lucinda's conversion story is a powerful reminder that every small act of kindness, every thoughtful conversation, and every example of faithful living can shape another person's search for truth in ways we may never see.Donate via PayPal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Support us on Patreon!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Contact the podcast: crashcoursecatholicism@gmail.com.Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/crashcoursecatholicism/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Among the unique artifacts held in the collections of the Auschwitz Memorial are fairy tales created while the camp was in operation. Crafted out of a heartfelt need, and in the hope of leaving behind a trace of their authors, these stories were smuggled out the camp. Their creators were prisoners employed in the camp's Construction Office. With the help of people on the outside, they passed these fairy tales on to their loved ones. The story behind the fairy tales from Auschwitz is told by Jadwiga Kulasza, a retired employee of the Memorial Archives, as well as family members of the authors: Felicjan Świerczyna, son of Bernard Świerczyna, and Andrzej Czulda, son of Henryk Czulda.=====Voiceovers: Greg Littlefield, Michael Takiff, Kate Weinrieb

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Nadie sabe quién fue Homero, ni siquiera se sabe si existió. Los griegos lo imaginaron ciego y errante y hasta siete ciudades griegas se disputaron ser su cuna, pero desde finales del siglo XVIII, la filología sospecha que detrás de ese nombre no hay un hombre, sino un oficio, el de los aedos que improvisaban con fórmulas prefabricadas ante un público que no sabía leer. Homero, más que un autor, fue una técnica narrativa. La Odisea que conocemos cristalizó por escrito a finales del siglo VIII a.C. en la Jonia, justo cuando Grecia salía de 400 años de penumbra y acababa de tomar prestado el alfabeto fenicio. Sus 24 cantos y 12.110 versos narran los últimos 41 días de un regreso de 10 años, y no empiezan por el principio. Ulises lleva siete años retenido por Calipso mientras los pretendientes de Penélope, su esposa, devoran su hacienda en Ítaca. Ella, entretanto y para ganar tiempo, teje de día el sudario que desteje de noche. Los cuatro primeros cantos siguen a Telémaco, los centrales recogen las aventuras del héroe narra ante, y la segunda mitad transcurre ya en tierra contando su regreso a Ítaca. El epíteto que mejor cuadra a Ulises no es el de astuto, sino el de sufrido, el que resiste a pesar de que todo lo tiene en contra. El heroísmo en Aquiles es morir joven y hermoso, a cambio de la gloria eterna, en Ulises es la resistencia. La metis (astucia) se sobrepone a la bía (la fuerza bruta), pero eso se cobra su precio. El armazón moral de la Odisea es la xenia, la hospitalidad sagrada que unos cumplen y otros violan. La matanza de los pretendientes del canto 22 no es una venganza, es la restitución de un orden roto, quizá por eso Homero lo remata con una amnistía. Los dioses intervienen en el curso de los acontecimientos, empujan a los hombres y les condicionan, pero no les eximen de la responsabilidad. De la Odisea ha bebido toda la literatura occidental desde la antigua Grecia. Virgilio, Ovidio, el Ulises que Dante lanzó más allá de las columnas de Hércules y ya no regresa, Kavafis, Primo Levi recitándolo en Auschwitz y el Leopold Bloom de Joyce, que comprime diez años en un día de Dublín, todos se nutren del relato homérico. La Odisea inventó la épica y también la novela. No promete que el viaje tenga sentido, solo que un hombre, si se lo propone, puede aguantar. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Nadie sabe quién fue Homero, ni siquiera se sabe si existió. Los griegos lo imaginaron ciego y errante y hasta siete ciudades griegas se disputaron ser su cuna, pero desde finales del siglo XVIII, la filología sospecha que detrás de ese nombre no hay un hombre, sino un oficio, el de los aedos que improvisaban con fórmulas prefabricadas ante un público que no sabía leer. Homero, más que un autor, fue una técnica narrativa. La Odisea que conocemos cristalizó por escrito a finales del siglo VIII a.C. en la Jonia, justo cuando Grecia salía de 400 años de penumbra y acababa de tomar prestado el alfabeto fenicio. Sus 24 cantos y 12.110 versos narran los últimos 41 días de un regreso de 10 años, y no empiezan por el principio. Ulises lleva siete años retenido por Calipso mientras los pretendientes de Penélope, su esposa, devoran su hacienda en Ítaca. Ella, entretanto y para ganar tiempo, teje de día el sudario que desteje de noche. Los cuatro primeros cantos siguen a Telémaco, los centrales recogen las aventuras del héroe narra ante, y la segunda mitad transcurre ya en tierra contando su regreso a Ítaca. El epíteto que mejor cuadra a Ulises no es el de astuto, sino el de sufrido, el que resiste a pesar de que todo lo tiene en contra. El heroísmo en Aquiles es morir joven y hermoso, a cambio de la gloria eterna, en Ulises es la resistencia. La metis (astucia) se sobrepone a la bía (la fuerza bruta), pero eso se cobra su precio. El armazón moral de la Odisea es la xenia, la hospitalidad sagrada que unos cumplen y otros violan. La matanza de los pretendientes del canto 22 no es una venganza, es la restitución de un orden roto, quizá por eso Homero lo remata con una amnistía. Los dioses intervienen en el curso de los acontecimientos, empujan a los hombres y les condicionan, pero no les eximen de la responsabilidad. De la Odisea ha bebido toda la literatura occidental desde la antigua Grecia. Virgilio, Ovidio, el Ulises que Dante lanzó más allá de las columnas de Hércules y ya no regresa, Kavafis, Primo Levi recitándolo en Auschwitz y el Leopold Bloom de Joyce, que comprime diez años en un día de Dublín, todos se nutren del relato homérico. La Odisea inventó la épica y también la novela. No promete que el viaje tenga sentido, solo que un hombre, si se lo propone, puede aguantar. Escucha el episodio completo en la app de iVoox, o descubre todo el catálogo de iVoox Originals

Ralph speaks to historian Omer Bartov about his new book “Israel: What Went Wrong?” with special guest, international law expert Bruce FeinBruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and an expert on international law. Mr. Fein was Associate Deputy Attorney General under Ronald Reagan and he is the author of Constitutional Peril: The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy, and American Empire: Before the Fall.Many of the things that you describe in Israel apply in spades in the United States. We also have an administration that says we're being invaded militarily by Venezuela gangs, so we have to go kidnap their president and annex Venezuela. We've stated that Iran is an existential threat to the United States because at some future time, it's conceivable they may get one nuclear weapon. We have 5,000, Israel probably has 300 or 400. Or make the argument that we are being invaded by defenseless immigrants across the southern border. And it does seem to me that all countries—I don't think it's unique anyway to the United States or Israel, but it's generally true those in power are there to manufacture fear, to inflate fleas into elephants and say “My gosh, tomorrow the sky is falling down. We need to have national emergencies, rule by decree.” Everything is “an imminent danger”, the Communist domino theory. It's a very challenging issue. I say what you've described in Israel is not unique to Israel. We confront it every day right in the United States. And it works.Bruce FeinOmer Bartov is the Dean's Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Brown University. A historian, Professor Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv, and served in the Israel Defense Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become a leading scholar of the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country. His early research concerned the Nazi indoctrination of the Wehrmacht and the crimes it committed in World War II. He then turned to the links between total war and genocide and interethnic relations in the borderlands of Eastern Europe. His current interest is reflected in his recent books, Genocide, the Holocaust and Israel-Palestine: First-Person History in Times of Crisis, Israel: What Went Wrong?, and the forthcoming The Broken Promise: A Personal Political History of Israel and Palestine. The whole idea of creating a Jewish state (and it says so in the Proclamation of the State from May 1948) is that it would be a state for Jews—that it would be both Jewish and democratic. And that has proven to be not possible. A Jewish state can be both Jewish and democratic only if the overwhelming majority (if not all) of its citizens are Jews.Omer Bartov[Zionist zealots] believe that history is on their side—so in that sense, they are similar to Communists they're similar to Fascists they're similar to Nazis in that they believe that they can see the way forward, they know the logic of history, and the logic of history as they see it is on their side.Omer BartovIn Israel, since the 1980s (really since after the War of 1973, with the rise of the right wing in Israel in particular) the Holocaust has come to serve a particular purpose. Instead of being commemorated as an event that happened in the past that we should remember and commemorate and research, it's become a kind of image of an imminent danger to Israel. And the farther Israel has moved from the actual event of the Holocaust, and the more the Israeli army has become the military hegemon in its region, the more this alleged threat of an “Auschwitz around the corner” has been used by Israeli governments. Why has it been used? Because Israel actually needs to explain to itself and to its citizens: Why is it bossing it over millions of Palestinians? Half of the population under Israeli control are Palestinians. Two million are citizens, but they don't have equal rights, and the others have no rights at all (they're simply under arbitrary military rule). So how do you explain that? You explain that by telling your population and the rest of the world that those Palestinians—who have no power, who can never pose a threat to you—are an existential threat. And in Israel, that has worked quite well.Omer BartovBecause of the focus on Hebrew—to create Hebrew as a mother tongue for children whose mothers didn't speak Hebrew—because of that, there was a great antagonism towards speaking any other language. And the notion of having bilingual schools (that is, of having schools in Palestine where people would learn both Hebrew and Arabic, the language of the place) is not entertained by the vast majority of educators. Now, if you think about what would have been the result of having bilingual schools already in the 1920s and 30s, that children could speak each other's language and recognize each other's culture—that could have had a huge effect on how Zionism developed and how the state would have developed. But in today's Israel, the only bilingual population are the Palestinians. Palestinian citizens of Israel speak Arabic and Hebrew. Most Israelis don't speak Arabic. And most Israelis who trace themselves (quite large numbers) not to Europe, but to North Africa and the Middle East, where their parents and grandparents spoke Arabic (this was their language) have forgotten that language and were ashamed of their parents speaking it because it associated them with the Arabs. So the loss in this kind of creation of a nation around one language was the ability to imagine yourself as sharing the space with another group.Omer Bartov * Our top story concerns a progressive insurgent running in a must-win Senate race – and not the one you're thinking of. Late last week, Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed won the endorsement of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The New York Times notes that this is AOC's first Senate endorsement of this cycle, coming just about a month ahead of the August 4th Michigan primary. El-Sayed is quoted saying that he is “honored for what her support says about what this campaign is building and what we're fighting for,” adding that he thinks that “too many establishment Democrats are…afraid that I will win.” He pointedly attacked Senator Chuck Schumer, charging that the Minority Leader “doesn't want to see me on the inside of the U.S. Senate,” because El-Sayed would “call out the kind of politics where we take money from corporations and AIPAC to run milquetoast campaigns and don't say anything about the problems that everyday people are facing.” El-Sayed has announced that he will campaign with AOC and Senator Bernie Sanders in Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids on July 18th and 19th, per MLive.* Another earthquake occurred in the Michigan Senate race on July 5th, when State Senator Mallory McMorrow announced that she would be withdrawing from the race – turning what was a competitive three-way race into a head-to-head between El-Sayed and the Democratic establishment pick, Congresswoman Haley Stevens. The Detroit Free Press notes that this announcement “comes after absentee ballots have already been mailed out to some voters and too late to remove her name from the primary ballot,” though voters are able to rescind their absentee votes and submit new ones up through Friday, July 24th. In a video statement, McMorrow maintained that “People are crying out for change and we need to listen.” McMorrow once led her opponents in this race but saw her support collapse and was trailing in a distant third place in recent polls. Rumor also had it that outgoing Senator Gary Peters was privately calling for her to exit the race so centrists could consolidate around Stevens. While many of her supporters are expected to go to Stevens, El-Sayed is energetically courting McMorrow's voters as well. The Detroit News reports McMorrow herself has announced that she will remain neutral in the remaining days of the primary, leaving her voters to vote their own consciences.* In more Michigan news, DSA-backed congressional candidate Donavan McKinney is running strong in his primary campaign against incumbent Congressman Shri Thanedar, whom McKinney has labeled “​​Detroit's own Elon Musk,” according to the New York Post. If McKinney pulls it off, he will join the growing group of DSA members in the House, along with Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and AOC from New York, Chris Rabb and Melat Kiros from Pennsylvania and Colorado respectively, and Rashida Tlaib from Michigan. Another candidate endorsed by his local DSA chapter, Kyle Blomquist, is running for Congress in Michigan but even if he wins his primary he is not expected to flip the deep red 1st congressional district.* In Missouri, Cori Bush has also won the support of DSA for her comeback congressional run against Wesley Bell, who defeated her in the 2024 primary, Andrew Solender reports. Bush had already won the support of her local DSA chapter, along with many other progressive organizations, and has been endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, and former Congressman Jamaal Bowman. This week though, she won the support of the national DSA. In a statement, Bush wrote “I am honored to be once again endorsed by the Democratic [Socialists] of America as I campaign to return to Congress and keep building our movement to fight for economic justice, Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, and a world where everyday people have a real voice in our workplace's neighborhoods and society.” Bush also praised DSA for its “decades of organizing…[mobilizing] thousands of people across the country to demand an economy that works for all of us…[and] take on war profiteers, the for-profit healthcare industry, and the billionaire funded lobbies that subvert our democracy.” There has been little polling of this race, but what there has been appears to show the race in a statistical dead heat. One sign that Bush is being taken seriously is the new $865,000 ad buy taken out by the United Democracy Project, an AIPAC cutout.* Ironically, it would seem that American Jews have a more favorable view of the progressive left than Israel. According to the Forward, a new AP poll found that “44% of American Jews hold a favorable opinion of Zohran Mamdani, compared with 39% who view him unfavorably.” This is in contrast to the 32% of respondents who said they have a favorable opinion of Netanyahu and 59% who said they have a negative view of the Israeli PM. Perhaps more surprisingly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a “staunch supporter of Israel,” garnered only a 41% favorability rating, though far more respondents said they don't know enough about him to have an opinion than said they have a negative view.* Turning back to the Senate, the other major story this week of course is the fall of Graham Platner. Accusations of sexual assault, detailed in a POLITICO article, resulted in a deluge of opprobrium that cascaded upwards culminating in Platner's earliest and highest profile supporter, Senator Bernie Sanders, calling on him to drop out of the Senate race in Maine. In a video message released Wednesday, Platner stated that he would be suspending his campaign effective immediately, later telling staff that he plans to wait until Monday, the final possible day, to formally withdraw from the race, Axios reports. In the same video, Platner categorically denied the accusations calling them “all false,” and maintaining that the “things that have been claimed did not happen.” He implied that the scandal was orchestrated by “those in power“ who would “rather see Susan Collins win than have me be the next Senator from Maine.”* Platner's impending, late-stage withdrawal from the race has set off a chaotic blitz primary to replace him as the Democratic nominee. Numerous candidates have announced they are running including former Maine Senate president Troy Jackson, former Director of Maine's Center for Disease, Control and Prevention Nirav Shah, co-founder of Maine beer company Dan Kleban, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows and state lawmaker Valli Geiger, along with Jordan Wood and Paige Loud, both of whom ran in the Maine second congressional district Democratic primary. The actual process for selecting a nominee has been the subject of debate – with many progressives arguing for caucuses – but POLITICO reports that by July 27th, “600 delegates must be selected,” including 500 from the state's 16 county parties, and these delegates will decide on a candidate to replace Platner via “an unprecedented nominating convention,” wherein all delegates come in unpledged to any candidate setting the stage for “what could be a raucous and unpredictable free-for-all.” It remains to be seen how this will all shake out, but it is notable that almost all of these candidates poll very strongly against Senator Susan Collins, with many polling higher than Platner ever did, while the Democratic Party's handpicked primary candidate, sitting Governor Janet Mills, still polls lower than Platner even since the scandal broke.* For our final Senate story, we turn to the senior Senator from Kentucky, Mitch McConnell. McConnell was recently found unconscious in his Washington, DC home and has been hospitalized since, and while Republican Senators and media figures like Scott Jennings claim to have spoken with him directly, his being sequestered away from the public has fueled rampant speculation about the severity of his condition and why it is being kept so secretive. Forbes reports that some figures on the right, including Steve Bannon, are “suggesting the Republican establishment is shielding the state of McConnell's health from the public to allow him to remain in office long enough to avoid [Kentucky Congressman Thomas] Massie running for his seat.” Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene told TMZ, “Thomas Massie would make a great senator.” The Hill reports that Andy Beshear, the Democratic Governor of Kentucky, sent a letter to McConnell's Senate office strongly requesting an update on the Senator's health, noting that “Over the last several weeks, Kentuckians have grown increasingly concerned about the health and well-being of Sen. McConnell,” and that “Allowing speculation to continue in the media is not fair to the Senator or to Kentuckians, and my hope is that this provides him the opportunity to share the information in a transparent manner, direct from the source.”* In more positive news, AP reports former Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan, who helped an immigrant escape ICE by ushering him through her jury room door was spared prison time in her sentencing this week. After the incident in her court room, Dugan was convicted of felony obstruction in what was widely seen as a political trial designed to exact retribution on behalf of the Trump administration. Dugan resigned her circuit judgeship under this assault; in her resignation letter, she warned that this prosecution threatened “the independence of our judiciary.” Dugan was fined $5,000.* Finally, in spiritual news, a story in the National Catholic Reporter recounts how Pope Leo XIV excommunicated thousands of clergy and followers of the far right, schismatic group, the Society of St. Pius X. While bishops and priests are judged prima facie schismatic for their consecration in the Society, lay followers of the sect will be judged schismatic if they consciously choose “adherence to the society over obedience to the pope,” and “exclusive participation in Lefebvrian ‘ecclesial' acts, without taking part in the acts of the Catholic Church,” a reference to the group's founder, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre. The proximate cause of this excommunication was the Society creating four new bishops in open defiance of Pope Leo, essentially daring the Church to act. This piece notes that the Society “has long been a thorn in the side of Rome,” and notes that the new papal decree rolls back privileges granted to the sect under Pope Francis, including administering the sacrament of penance and solemnizing marriages.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe