John Foster / 23 May 2026
Making Genocide Meaningful Again
The Never Again Ideology
If the Holocaust becomes wholly unique—an event suspended outside ordinary history—then the concept of genocide ceases to be a useful analytic tool.(...)
The Never Again Ideology
Omer Bartov’s Israel: What Went Wrong?
On 15 July, 2025, The New York Times ran an op-ed titled, “I'm a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.”(...)
Henrietta Foster, 1959-2026, Part III
Working with Henrietta during the war in the former Yugoslavia illustrated time and again two of her most enduring and endearing qualities: her courage and her integrity.(...)
Why It’s so Hard to Evoke
Genocide is universally condemned, yet persistently underacknowledged.(...)
Antisemitism and the Gaza War
The Dreyfus Affair casts a long shadow.(...)