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Culture
How Refugee Artists Processed Their Displacement During The Nazis’ March Toward War
PJ Grisar
Culture
How Refugee Artists Processed Their Displacement During The Nazis’ March Toward War
PJ GrisarAugust 23, 2019“In this exhibit we try to ask what happens to artists and their creativity once they become refugees.”
Opinion
I Come From A Jewish Military Family. Mr. Trump: Are We Disloyal, Too?
AnonymousAugust 23, 2019A commitment to serving this country, either militarily or socially, is an important part of how we were raised.
Culture
Objections Grow As Germany Rebuilds Church With Historical Nazi Ties
PJ GrisarAugust 23, 2019A petition claims that plans to rebuild Potsdam’s Garrison Church fail to contextualize its place in history.
Breaking News
Israel’s Arab Parties Might Join A Government Coalition — With Conditions
Marcy OsterAugust 23, 2019Ayman Odeh’s proposal, something no Arab-majority party has ever done in Israel, has already been rejected by some in the leading centrist party.
Breaking News
Spanish City Gathers Descendants Of Converso Jews Named After It
Cnaan LiphshizAugust 23, 2019“How beautiful it is to be back in the city with our family name,” one man wrote on Facebook of the event.
Breaking News
Israel Attacked In Iraq, Citing Threat From Iran, For The First Time Since 1980s
Cnaan Liphshiz
Breaking News
Israel Attacked In Iraq, Citing Threat From Iran, For The First Time Since 1980s
Cnaan LiphshizAugust 23, 2019The strikes last month targeted Iranian weapons en route to Syria, the New York Times quoted analysts as saying.
Fast Forward
DOJ Sent Email That Linked To A Blog Post From White Nationalist Site
Ari FeldmanAugust 22, 2019The post came from VDARE, a white nationalist website that has promoted anti-Semitism and pseudoscientific ideas about racial differences.
Breaking News
Tree Of Life Synagogue Will Use Pittsburgh Church Sanctuary For High Holidays
Marcy Oster
Breaking News
Tree Of Life Synagogue Will Use Pittsburgh Church Sanctuary For High Holidays
Marcy OsterAugust 22, 2019The Calvary Episcopal Church reached out to the congregation just days after the October 27 attack that left 11 Jewish worshippers dead, offering
Breaking News
NAACP Chapter President Fired Over Anti-Semitic Social Media Posts
Marcy OsterAugust 22, 2019Jeffrey Dye, president of the Passaic NAACP chapter, referred to “the Jewish news media” praised Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
Food
Leonard Cohen Invented His Own Cocktail. The Jewish Museum Gave It A Happy Hour.
Adrianna Chaviva Freedman
Food
Leonard Cohen Invented His Own Cocktail. The Jewish Museum Gave It A Happy Hour.
Adrianna Chaviva FreedmanAugust 22, 2019The secret chord, over ice and stirred.
Breaking News
Pictures of Brandeis Students, Professors Uploaded To White Nationalist Website
Marcy Oster
Breaking News
Pictures of Brandeis Students, Professors Uploaded To White Nationalist Website
Marcy OsterAugust 22, 2019The university said in a letter to the campus community that it does not believe that there is a threat to campus safety or the people in the photos.
Opinion
Give Trump The Benefit Of Doubt - You Give It To Democrats All The Time.
Yaakov MenkenAugust 22, 2019Why is everyone focusing on Trump’s “disloyal” comments? We are forgetting that Democrats are just as guilty for not standing up for Jews.
National News
New York Times Editor Apologizes For Anti-Semitic, Racist Tweets
Aiden PinkAugust 22, 2019“I was going to say ‘Crappy Jew Year,’ but one of my resolutions is to be less anti-Semitic. So… HAPPY Jew Year. You Jews.”
Published Letters
Letter | On The Left’s Failure To Recognize The Hate On Its Own Side?
Jack ElbaumAugust 22, 2019It is hypocritical to call out Donald Trump’s hate, if you can’t call out the anti-Semitic actions of Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar.
Culture
Q&A: Shlomo Avineri On What We Get Wrong About Karl Marx
PJ GrisarAugust 22, 2019“In many cases, positions that are attributed to Marx are not his positions.”
Fast Forward
German Concentration Camps Should Offer Tours In Arabic, Jewish Leader Says
Toby Axelrod
Fast Forward
German Concentration Camps Should Offer Tours In Arabic, Jewish Leader Says
Toby AxelrodAugust 22, 2019Germany’s main Jewish leader also warned against the rise of the far-right, anti-immigrant Alternative for Germany party.
Fast Forward
WATCH: Cory Booker Responds to Trump’s ‘Disloyal Jews’ Comment - With A D’var Torah
Alexandra Wells
Fast Forward
WATCH: Cory Booker Responds to Trump’s ‘Disloyal Jews’ Comment - With A D’var Torah
Alexandra WellsAugust 22, 2019Booker has “studied the Torah since I was 20 years old and had a really good Afro.”
National News
Why Don’t More Jews Like Bernie Sanders?
Aiden PinkAugust 22, 2019Some think he’s not comfortable talking about Judaism. Others say a Jewish president will make anti-Semitism worse. And what will he do about Israel?
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