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    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.(...)
    Anti-government protest. Rehov Kaplan, Tel Aviv.
    Culture
    Mitchell Plitnick / 02 May 2026

    After Zionism

    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.”(...)

    Politics
    Chris Gunness / 18 Apr 2026

    Three Vignettes About Henrietta

    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.(...)

    Politics
    John Foster / 18 Jul 2025

    The Trouble With Genocide

    Why It’s so Hard to Evoke

    Genocide is universally condemned, yet persistently underacknowledged.(...)

    Politics
    John Foster / 06 Jun 2025

    Postcolonial Racism Rehearsal

    Antisemitism and the Gaza War

    The Dreyfus Affair casts a long shadow.(...)

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