Ken Burns
The 10 most significant Jewish news stories of 2022
By A. James Rudin — December 27, 2022
(RNS) — Though dogged by a pernicious antisemitic wave, the news from the Jewish world had its share of hopeful moments.
Hollywood Jews must condemn Kanye
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 11, 2022
(RNS) — Kanye goes full violent antisemite. From the Jews in the entertainment industry: mostly crickets.
It’s not fear. It’s faith.
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 6, 2022
(RNS) — Yes, I am scared. But I have something else in my pocket. So do you.
You must watch Ken Burns’ PBS series on America and the Holocaust
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 19, 2022
(RNS) — This documentary about the Holocaust was made for our times. To understand the darker elements of America, it is required viewing.
Ken Burns’ documentary busts myth that Americans didn’t know about Nazi atrocities
By Yonat Shimron — September 16, 2022
(RNS) — The series, which debuts Sunday (Sept. 18), shows Americans heard on the radio and read in the newspapers about Nazis' rising hostility to Jews, culminating in the Final Solution.
Baseball, like religion, can teach us something about enchantment
By Jacob Lupfer — April 6, 2022
(RNS) — As MLB’s delayed season begins, we're reminded that truth, beauty and enchantment matter.
Ken Burns portrays the multitudes of Muhammad Ali
By Eboo Patel — September 24, 2021
(RNS) — A new PBS documentary shows how religion can be a machinery for improvement.
The Vietnam War revisited
By Thomas Reese — April 11, 2018
(RNS) — Looking back, I feel guilty for being so stupid and burying myself in books rather than being part of the historic events of my time.
‘The Vietnam Years’: How the conflict ripped the nation’s religious fabric
By Don Lattin — September 8, 2017
(RNS) — America is about to relive the horror and deep divisions spawned by the U.S. war in Vietnam — convulsions that also tore apart the nation’s religious fabric and still echo across the political and cultural landscape.
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