Category: Obituary
Jimmy Carter & the Merits of “Introspection”
by Joel Cohen | Jan 10, 2025 | Obituary, PoliticsTo the editor, Few, even among his detractors, will deny that Jimmy Carter was a man of consummate good character and personal integrity — before, during, and after he was president. He was indeed just that, even though opinions will differ significantly over his presidency — the many encomia at the time of his death […]
Rabbi Leonard Beerman salutes Jimmy Carter
by WS Editors | Dec 31, 2024 | Obituary, PoliticsFrom Rabbi Leonard Beerman’s introduction of Jimmy Carter, recipient of the Courage Prize, at the annual luncheon for the Ridenhour Prizes held at the Press Club in Washington, DC on April 4, 2007. These are the words of Franz Kafka, written not too many years before the birth of the 39th president of the United […]
Remembering John Lewis
by Andrew Cohen | Aug 18, 2020 | ObituaryJohn Lewis lived long enough to see the arc of the moral universe bend toward justice and then bend back again toward the grave injustices we see today. He lived long enough to see a Black president of the United States and then a white supremacist in the Oval Office, long enough to see the […]
Norman Birnbaum, 92, Bronx-Born Adviser to Heads of State and Champion of Secular Jewish Values
by Sidney Blumenthal | Apr 23, 2019 | ObituaryThe American sociologist and journalist Norman Birnbaum died in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 4, 2019. A prolific author and revered scholar, Norman was an adviser to leading politicians on both sides of the Atlantic. His life and work were shaped by the seminal events of the 20th century, from the rise of the Nazis to […]
Bad Faith Documentary
Bad Faith
“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns
Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety