Shabbat Shalom one and all. A visitor to our garden this week…
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Dr Jaime Ashworth
Профиль VivelyEducator and Researcher. Holocaust History, Memory, and Education; Polish History; Photography and Visual Culture; Jewish Studies. Reform Jew. COYS. He/him www.framingthequestion.blog
The lengths people are going to to delegitimise @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social and her knowledge and expertise is embarrassing. It’s ok to enjoy a bad movie and it’s ok to say why (given what you know) you think the movie is bad. This is not hard.
Unmanned Systems Forces of the City of Troy 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴I do think suggesting that translation of an ancient text is not expertise is possibly a worse thing to say about Emily Wilson than even what the actual nazis are saying, if I'm honest. Literally incredibly malevolent take
At some point, expertise has to be acknowledged and taken seriously.
EMILY WILSONThe oddest thing about the response to this essay is people who say it’s “personal”. You can disagree about some or all of it! I may well be wrong! But it’s not “personal” to analyze a film or other work of art, even negatively. Criticism is more than “Hurray!” or “Hiss!”
This is, on every level possible, a failure of the belief in trickledown economics. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ droughtEnvironment Agency names seven regions affected by unusually hot and dry weather and shortage of waterwww.theguardian.comHis book “The Gates of Gaza” is a compelling and eminently reasonable view of 7 October and its antecedents.
Rima I AnabtawiAward-winning writer Amir Tibon readies to return to kibbutz where his family survived Oct. 7 www.timesofisrael.com/award-winnin...
This is not ok. Violence against religious communities is not acceptable. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
One UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim TrustMore than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalismwww.theguardian.comJohn Hajdu (pictured) is a very brave and generous man. Visit this exhibition. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
‘There was absolutely no chance of being a kid’: new exhibition explores how war shapes children’s livesChildhood in War examines what life looks like when play, education and family life is disrupted by hostilitieswww.theguardian.comI thought it was brave of the World Cup organisers to remind viewers of the best alternative presidential candidate. Kermit For America!
Kermit Sad KermitALT: Kermit Sad Kermitstatic.klipy.comMay We Feed the King is a wonderful novel, raising big questions about the past and how we narrate and feel connected to it. A really well deserved prize. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Rebecca Perry wins Waterstones debut fiction prize for ‘delicious and dream-like’ novelMay We Feed the King, about a museum curator and a medieval monarch, was praised by judges for its ‘crisp, cool prose’ and ‘poet’s eye for detail’www.theguardian.comAn interesting and important opportunity for anyone musically talented and age 18-25. hmd.org.uk/news/new-mus...
Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Music Competition LaunchWe are excited to announce the launch of our new music competition, HMD Harmony, to find emerging musicians and composers whose music will become part of the UK National Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremon...hmd.org.ukI’m fairly sure I attended the funeral of one of them the week before last. This is only going to get worse unless things really really change. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggestsExtreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatureswww.theguardian.com