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Depictions of possible causes of apocalypse through war, disaster, and climate change.

Apocalypse, Constantly

Humans love to imagine their own demise.

by Adam Kirsch via The Atlantic on December 31, 2024

Israel Joshua Singer.

The Forgotten Giant of Yiddish Fiction

Though his younger brother Isaac Bashevis Singer eventually eclipsed him, Israel Joshua Singer excelled at showing characters buffeted by the tides of history.

by Adam Kirsch via The New Yorker on November 27, 2023

Marian Anderson studying a musical score with the pianist Kurt Johnen, Berlin, 1931

Black Voices, German Song

What did German listeners hear when African American singers performed Schubert or Brahms?

by Adam Kirsch via New York Review of Books on January 20, 2022

Writing Jewish History

Histories of the Jews reveal a lot about the times in which they were written.

by Adam Kirsch via The New Yorker on March 26, 2018

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