Timothy Snyder

Why I am obsessed with an ancient story about giant frogs

By Jeffrey Salkin — January 9, 2024
(RNS) — Yes, they are a metaphor for the challenges of our time.

Poland and the Jews. It’s complicated.

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 27, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, these bones can live.

How will history judge Vladimir Putin?

By Jeffrey Salkin — February 24, 2022
(RNS) — In his hunger for Ukraine, Putin walks in the path of Hitler.

Ten books you should be sneaking into synagogue on Yom Kippur

By Jeffrey Salkin — September 26, 2017
(RNS) — This rabbi knows that there are many ways to access God. Some Jews do it through the prayers of the liturgy. But, others get in touch with the sacred, and themselves, through the written word – a literary ladder to God, if you will.

Twitter and tragedy: A revamped American religious experience

By Timothy K. Snyder — September 13, 2013
Social media creates new avenues for innovative religious practices, like photo sharing as an offering of prayer. These new religious practices don’t replace religious communities; rather, they add to them.
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