July 6, 2023
The panel was firstly impressed by Kind-Kovács’ revelation of a history that was poorly understood, using foreign language materials that rarely feature in Anglophone publications on the history of childhood and youth….
June 15, 2023
While most Ḥaredim, including fiercely anti-Zionist ḥasidic groups, have since 1948 come to terms with Israel’s existence, Neturei Karta (Aramaic for “guardians of the city”) has remained steadfast,…
Hans Mayer, a Jew from the Austrian countryside, was in love with the solitary woods, the streams, and the mountains of his native land. In 1934, when Hitler had been German chancellor for over a year and Catholic quasi-fascists controlled Austria,…
Isser Harel, head of the Mossad, Israel’s spying agency, landed in Tel Aviv in mid-March 1962, returning from a work-related trip, to find an urgent message waiting for him: “David Ben-Gurion wants to speak with you.” Harel was one of Israel’s fiercest and most sophisticated spymasters….
May 30, 2023
One-time News of Orange Editor Kevin Meredith leads his readers into a journey back to the wild days of rampant abductions in the early-to-mid-1930s in his new release, “Under Penalty of Death: The Untold Story of Machine Gun Kelly’s First Kidnapping.”
The 374-page account — available through Amazon and Barnes &…
April 20, 2023
Historic Marker Honoring Felrath Hines to Be Situated by Crispus Attucks High
INDIANAPOLIS – A new state historical marker sponsored by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites to honor the late abstract artist Samuel Felrath Hines will be unveiled at 11:30 a.m….
April 19, 2023
Former Inquirer Reporter Andrew Cassel Translates Holocaust Diary
In 2015, Andrew Cassel retired from his career as a newspaperman after 35 years, including 23 at The Philadelphia Inquirer. But the longtime business reporter was not ready to just kick back….
March 1, 2023
Its Andi’s birthday and she wants everyone to get a present.
Indiana University Press’ amazing Andi Wilson is having a birthday and she wants everyone to get a present….
February 3, 2023
This Fall, Indiana University Press is proud to publish the 2nd edition for Jane Rhode’s Mary Ann Shadd Cary in time for the 200th anniversary of Shadd Cary’s birth….