A protest song for Syrian refugees and suburban soccer moms. In the summer of 1941, in the Polish town of Jedwabne, a massacre of Jews took place. Roughly 1,600 men, women, and children were rounded ...

On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm—Psalm 137—best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” a centerpiece of ...

On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of Babylon,” a centerpiece ...

(The Conversation) On the anniversary of America’s independence, the abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass made a biblical Psalm – Psalm 137 – best known for its opening line, “By the Rivers of ...

For in the midst of all the injustices that confront us every time we check news headlines, remembering is as crucial as forgiving. Douglass told the audience at Corinthian Hall in Rochester, New York ...

Psalm 137 opens with a lament—“By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and wept.... How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land”—and closes with what sounds like a gleeful cry for vengeance: ...

The Levites, whose tasks in the Temple included song and musical accompaniment to the services, deeply mourned the First Temple's destruction as they were exiled to Babylon. Their cruel conquerors, ...

Michigan State University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation US. At sundown on July 29, Jews around the world will observe Tisha B’av, the most somber of Jewish holidays. It ...