Quiet, Piggy and the Epstein Distraction

The situation for girls and women and journalists (and values) are even worse than we thought. Maybe we are focusing on the wrong Piggy.

Nov 25, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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Wait a Second -- Did Men Ruin the Workplace?

If the New York Times was trying to be provocative, they more than succeeded. Too bad their thirst for clicks pushed women's rights back a century.

Nov 11, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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In searching for the Synagogue at the End of the World, I learned nothing is arbitrary

Archeological excavations, like literary ones, take time. Don't rush the process.

Nov 3, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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September 2025

Inside the Synagogue is Me

Perhaps it is the nostalgia of the Jewish holidays, but this synagogue at the end of the world has penetrated deep into my psyche. I can't let it go.

Sep 23, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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August 2025

What does "genocide" mean?

For many in the Jewish community, the word provided definition to our intergenerational trauma. We needed to keep it fixed. But language often defies…

Aug 31, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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We Are All Related

I naively believed a DNA test would fill out my family tree and allow me to find family members who vanished in the Holocaust. It turns out, I found…

Aug 21, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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July 2025

A Tale of Two Shootings

Ten years ago, Andrew Loku was shot in a Toronto apartment building--our apartment building. The experience made me question my singular devotion to my…

Jul 6, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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June 2025

What Does Anne Frank Mean?

I used to know what Anne Frank stood for but the reputation of the teenage diarist has evolved to the point where she might no longer mean anything at…

Jun 24, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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May 2025

Holocaust museums want to change the way we see the tragedy. But is it too late?

Holocaust education for many consisted of a heavy diet of horrific gore. At some point, we forgot that this isn't normal.

May 19, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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April 2025

The Keeper of the Tomb

Gabor Blajer’s family has kept watch over the final resting place of a mystical spiritual leader for over two centuries. Things are about to come full…

Apr 21, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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Reductio Ad Hitlerum, Part III: When swastikas became a symbol of protest

In a curious turn of events, the swastika has become an anti-fascist protest meme.

Apr 9, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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March 2025

Once We Were Slaves, But Now We Are Free

As a child, slavery seemed like a foreign concept. Then I realized my grandfather had been one.

Mar 31, 2025 • Leah Eichler

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