As kibbutzim (Jewish collective farms) began to form in British Palestine in the early 1900s, American Jewish businessmen worked hard to promote an alternate model of private homeownership — one that has largely won out today, writes graduate fellow Jake Beckert.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
Before eugenics became infamous, the movement to select and control human reproduction "to suppress defective classes" was popular among American liberals and progressives — including Jews. Graduate fellow Ari Forsyth explains. The post Liberal Jews and the American eugenics movement: A forgotten history appeared first on UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
An international art festival in Germany sparked a national controversy about antisemitism in 2022, but the conversation largely left out the voices of actual German Jews, writes graduate fellow Martin H. Schwartz. The post Documenta fifteen: Art and antisemitism in Germany today appeared first on UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies.| UW Stroum Center for Jewish Studies