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‘Jew’, a Loaded Word
31 March 2025
In his latest book, historian and language journalist Ewoud Sanders provides an overview of all Dutch expressions and compound words in which the word ‘Jew’ appears. He seeks to reveal how deeply rooted many expressions of antisemitism are in our language.
The World’s First Yiddish Newspaper Was Printed in Amsterdam
18 December 2019
Uri Faybesh Halevi was his name and he was the publisher of the very first Yiddish newspaper in the world. A serious news publication, not a tabloid. Amsterdam librarian David Montezinos happened upon the Kurant more than two centuries later. What did the paper write about and who were its readers?