In 1868 Japan embarked on the Meiji period, which led its previously isolated society to modernize and have a much greater connection with the wider…
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The cover of the Hebrew-Indonesian Dictionary. Courtesy of Sapri Sale, remixed, used with permission. Could the Hebrew language be the common thread that ties Israel…
Two Easter-themed works by Andrei Rublev and Daniil: Harrowing of Hell and Ascension (1408-10), from State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Public Domain photos via Wikipedia.…
70 years after the Liberation of the city of Ravenna from Nazi-fascist oppression, the best way to thank the women and men who fought for…
Jason Noushin works in his studio in Connecticut. Photo provided by Jason Noushin and used with permission. In his exhibition “All Her Number’d Stars”, currently…
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