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Jew vs. Jew rhetoric breaks hearts in a bitter internal debate about the Gaza war

Jew vs. Jew rhetoric breaks hearts in a bitter internal debate about the Gaza war

After weeks of mounting pressure on Israel to address reports of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with longtime allies lining up to condemn the...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

Neuroscience has a name for the way so many Jews are feeling today: learned helplessness

Neuroscience has a name for the way so many Jews are feeling today: learned helplessness

Another week goes by, and with it, the feeling that terrible things are happening and that there’s nothing we can do to change them. That’s how I...

08.08.2025 2

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Iddo Gefen

Roman Polanski’s Dreyfus Affair movie ‘An Officer and a Spy’ finally opens in the US

Over 130 years after he stood trial for espionage, Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus made headlines last month when French President Emmanuel Macron...

08.08.2025 10

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Rebecca Kobrin

Roman Polanski’s ‘An Officer and a Spy’ finally opens in the US — bringing both scandal and an important portrayl of the Dreyfus Affair

Over 130 years after he stood trial for espionage, Jewish Captain Alfred Dreyfus made headlines last month when French President Emmanuel Macron...

07.08.2025 3

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Rebecca Kobrin

Bard president Leon Botstein says Trump’s campaign against colleges follows ‘a classic antisemitic routine’

Bard president Leon Botstein says Trump’s campaign against colleges follows ‘a classic antisemitic routine’

NUREMBERG, Germany — Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College for half a century, has seen many crises shake American colleges. But none has...

05.08.2025 10

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Shira Li Bartov

Nothing could have prepared me for the loneliness of a Jewish community divided

Nothing could have prepared me for the loneliness of a Jewish community divided

The saddest day hit me like a knife in my chest. The images of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski’s tortured and starved bodies, images that evoke...

05.08.2025 9

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Alana Zeitchik

On Monday my son was sworn into the IDF. I spent that afternoon protesting the Israeli government.

On Monday my son was sworn into the IDF. I spent that afternoon protesting the Israeli government.

On Monday, my son was inducted into the IDF. He started thinking about joining as a hayal boded, a “lone soldier” (someone who makes aliyah alone...

01.08.2025 10

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Rabbi Daniel Gropper