Pessimism amid progress

Jan 10,2022 – JORDAN TIMES ‘ J. Bradford DeLong BERKELEY — Humanity as a whole is wealthier today than at any time in its history. And yet, from the short-term challenge of the pandemic to the existential threat of global warming, there is a widespread sense that things are going […]

Keeping the faith, quietly: Inside Muslim Indonesia’s hidden Jewish community

By Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies February 7, 2022 — Singapore/Jakarta: In Tondano, near the north-east tip of the island of Sulawesi, south-east Asia’s first Holocaust museum was unveiled last month. The brainchild of Rabbi Yaakov Baruch, who operates Indonesia’s only synagogue in the lakeside town, its opening on International Holocaust Remembrance Day was […]