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One summer day in 1941, half of the Polish town of Jedwabne murdered the other half, 1,600 men, women, and children, all but seven of the town's Jews. Neighbors tells their story. This is a shocking, brutal story that has never before been told. It is the most important study of Polish-Jewish relations to be published in decades and should become a classic of Holocaust literature. Jan Gross pieces together eyewitness accounts and other evidence into an engulfing reconstruction of the horrific July day remembered well by locals but forgotten by history.

Hard Neighbors follows the people who came to be known as Scotch-Irish and traces their relations with Native Americans, examines their experiences as marginalized people, and demonstrates their roles as protective and disruptive forces on the edge of colonialism. The Scotch-Irish fought Indian wars and shaped the frontier, and their experiences living near and fighting against Indians shaped their identity and their attitudes towards government. They influenced national attitudes and policies, and they transformed Indian people into racial others as they transformed themselves into Americans.

Neighbor’s Table Podcast aims to facilitate restorative conversation around the realities of criminal justice and mass incarceration. Our prayer is that the church in America would know how to enter into these conversations, and that movement would start with listening to our neighbors. Something powerful happens when people listen to one another. We hope that love of neighbor leads to advocacy for those that society overlooks. Learn more at: ⁠neighbors-table.com

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Welcome to "Baltimore's Nosey Neighbors," the East Baltimore Historical Library's podcast. Discover Baltimore's history, pressing topics, and diverse stories as we invite resident perspectives and youth insights each week. Stay tuned to stay "nosey" about our city's captivating narrative!

A collection of voices our world often overlooks. Real conversations with friends who live on the street, inviting listeners to see people the way Jesus does — as neighbors worth knowing. Inspired by the call to “Love your neighbor as yourself” (Matthew 22:39).

Journey with Isabella L. Bird, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, as she delves into the heart of Korea from 1894 to 1897. Renowned for her engaging style, Bird takes readers on a vivid adventure through both North and South Korea, offering a rich tapestry of the landscapes, people, and customs of the then Hermit Kingdom. Bird’s exploration coincided with a period of tremendous upheaval in Korea, a time when Japan occupied the nation and relationships deteriorated, prompting her to flee to Manchuria and later Russia. She returned to a drastically changed Korea, where she ...

Cultural awareness doesn't have to be rocket science. It all starts with talking. Based in NYC, the Culture Reel team seeks to understand the many cultures in the city living side by side , neighboring one another, sometimes never truly understanding or embracing their differences. What started with one interview with a fellow New Yorker, has turned into a insatiable chase to interview people worldwide. Here are the interviews, stories, dreams, and cultures of the people we encounter. Visit our instagram @culture.reel for the pictures and videos of our interviews: https://www.instagram.com/...

A comprehensive guide to the medicinal plants and folk healers of Eastern Europe’s Pale of Settlement—mapping ancestral folkways, herbal traditions, and shared legacies of Ashkenazi Jews and their neighbors Includes a materia medica of healing plants and their traditional applications A...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the Co-Founding President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957. Found in the archives at the SCLC were eight never before heard audio works of Dr. King in which he prophetically articulates his vision for a better America and world. For the first time ever, these messages are being released to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The title of this message is "Who Is My Neighbor."

Thirty years ago, in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights, a car accident set off four days of unrest. Two people died. Dozens were injured. Hundreds were arrested. In this Pineapple Street Studios series, journalist Collier Meyerson explores what came to be known as the “Crown Heights Riot.” It’s a story about immigration, New York City’s first Black mayor, the rise of Rudy Giuliani, and the Lubavitch Jewish and Caribbean-American communities sitting at the center of it all. To Meyerson, the Crown Heights Riot can help us unlock and understand so many of our modern dilemmas: ...

The Jihadi Next Door provides unprecedented information that can be used to actually combat terrorism. By laying bare the tactics used by ISIS to deceive and exploit new recruits and exposing the veneer these extremists operate under, Dr. Mehlman-Orozco hopes to empower listeners with the knowledge needed to prevent future recruitment and thereby preventing acts of terrorism.

Wyoming's best adventure starts in Wind River Country. Located in western Wyoming, just beyond Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Teton Mountains, Wind River Country is the place to go to get away from the crowds. Unplug, unwind and find room to roam in Dubois, Hudson, Lander, Riverton, Shoshoni or on the Wind River Indian Reservation, the only Reservation in the Cowboy State