A professor at the University of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist at the Forward.
Robert Zaretsky
By Robert Zaretsky
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Film & TV A comedy about a vanishing Jewish community doesn’t seem so funny right now
In 'The Last of the Jews,' an ailing mother and her hapless son hide disturbing truths from each other
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Culture A Jewish voice demanding liberty, equality and fraternity — in France and in Texas — has been silenced
Robert Badinter, the eloquent public servant who oversaw the abolition of the death penalty, has died at 95
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Culture ‘Never has peace seemed so necessary and impossible’ — Eva Illouz on the horrors of Oct. 7 and its aftermath
In her work, the iconic Franco-Israeli sociologist strives to make the darkness visible
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Culture In her search for truth, Hannah Arendt would have recognized the lies of Netanyahu, Putin and Trump
The philosopher examined the frailty of truth in an age of when politicians lie as naturally as they breathe
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Culture Is an intifada in France inevitable? Peut-être
This year, there have already been three times as many antisemitic acts in France as there were in 2022
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Culture How a Hanukkah faux-pas in France ignited a political firestorm
Lighting a menorah at the presidential palace, President Emmanuel Macron is accused of blurring the line between church and state
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Culture In Paris, a march against antisemitism draws wide support — even, some might say, from antisemites
Marine Le Pen and her Rassemblement National party drew more than a few raised eyebrows as they marched against antisemitism
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Culture The U.S. has called for a ‘humanitarian pause’ in the war against Hamas — what, if anything, does that mean?
The word 'pause' has a different connotation than 'cease-fire' and its definition is elusive
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Culture It wasn’t just the goblins — is J.K. Rowling doing Holocaust denial now?
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Opinion An elite literary journal imploded over an essay about the war — because it dared to humanize Israelis as well as Palestinians
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Film & TV No, Jonathan Glazer did not ‘refute his Jewishness’
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Opinion Canceling Ramy Youssef on SNL won’t help Israel
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