#halpern — Public Fediverse posts

Goooooo baaaaack to polaaaaand? 🤔

"In March 1968, #RachelleHalpern walked into her university in #Szczecin, #Poland, and found a group of her classmates gathered around a newspaper. She asked what they were reading about. The answer came: “#Zionists.”

#Halpern didn’t understand. Who were the Zionists? One classmate said, “The #Jews.”

“But I’m a #Jew,” said Halpern. Her classmates looked at her in disbelief. She couldn’t be, one said. She had no horns.

Halpern was about to be swept up in a spiral of social and political crises in communist Poland, culminating in a government-sponsored #antisemitic campaign that stripped Jews of their jobs, schools, and citizenship, forcing some 13,000 to leave the country. Within months, Halpern would find herself renouncing her #Polish nationality and leaving everything she knew for a new life in the #UnitedStates.

At that moment, when her classmates read the word “#Zionists” and looked up at her with horror, she felt a shift."

https://www.jta.org/2026/06/12/global/13000-zionists-were-driven-out-of-poland-in-1968-now-some-are-returning-to-tell-their-story

HALPERN: "AUTHOR" CONCEPT UNDER SCRUTINY IN PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE

Armando Halpern questions the simple meaning of 'author' in a new philosophy article. He says texts are made by many, not just one person.

#Philosophy, #Author, #Writing, #Halpern, #LiteraryTheory

https://newsletter.tf/philosopher-halpern-questions-author-concept/

A philosopher says the idea of one 'author' for a book is old-fashioned. He explains that many people and ideas help make a text.

#Philosophy, #Author, #Writing, #Halpern, #LiteraryTheory
https://newsletter.tf/philosopher-halpern-questions-author-concept/