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Mame-loshn at Harvard

Harvard professor Ruth Wisse conveys the joys of Yiddish and finds in its literature a provocative case for a strong Israel.

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Tokyo Disney

Tenure and Gender

A tenure review, normally among the most discreet of Harvard procedures, erupted into loud, public controversy this spring. President Neil L. Rudenstine's…

Umm Kulthum Ibrahim

Brief life of "the star of the East": 1904?-1975

Dividing Lines

Fresh perspectives on Americans' persistent disagreements about race.

McCordiana

A Formidable Woman

Mary Fasano, A.A.E. '93, addressed the Extension School on June 5.

What is Yiddish?

From Lonely to Alone

Until the night before I left for winter break my first year, Harvard was enchanted. The people were winged, the ideas were utopian, the Yard was sylvan bliss. But that night, Harvard gave up another side of itself: its loneliness.

by Miriam Udel