The Under-the-Radar Story of Far East Jewry

It was a long trek: 6,000 miles by boat from Central Europe to the Far East. But the towns of East Asia opened their gates for the waves of Jewish emigrants who had to find shelter from the tragic problems they faced first in Russia, and later in Central Europe.

Zero-Sum Suffering

Shoshana Bryen

For Palestinians, suffering – and sympathy for suffering – is a zero-sum game. Sympathy used up on the Holocaust means less for Palestinians in the territories.