The sun begins to set in the Badlands of South Dakota, the region that is home to the Lakotas. The Oglala Lakota people have long resisted the US government and continue their legal battle over the sacred Paha Sapa (Black Hills). Originally confined to the Pine Ridge Reservation, most Oglala today live in abject poverty in what is the poorest region of the United States.
The Pale of Settlement, ca. 1855. Originally formed in 1791 by Russia’s Catherine II, the Pale of Settlement was a region designated for Jews. For political, economic, and religious reasons, very few Jews were allowed to live elsewhere. The area mostly falls within today’s Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, and Moldova.
Cover of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion published in Syria.
Cover of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion published in Japan.
The Staple Singers perform at the Wattstax music festival.
The six Theis sisters en route from France to the United States, 1940.
The Titanic docked in Southampton before its maiden voyage in April 1912.
The Triadic Ballet was created by Oskar Schlemmer, a painter, sculptor, designer, and choreographer who taught at the Bauhaus art school in Germany during the Weimar Republic. Schlemmer’s ballet represented the Bauhaus style: uncluttered, modern, and geometric. See full-sized image for analysis.
The Vilna Gaon, well-known as one of the most influential minds in rabbinic study, is illustrative of the breadth of intellectual Jewish life in Lithuania.