Adelle Waldman
By Adelle Waldman
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News Making Sure Art, Politics Don’t Get Lost in Translation
In 1929, 5-year-old Beate Sirota’s parents fortuitously moved their family out of Vienna. But unlike many European Jews, the Sirotas did not leave because of antisemitism, and they did not flee to the relative safety of the United States or to Israel. They moved to Japan, from one soon-to-be Axis country to another. For Beate…
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Israel News Turning Gags Into a Gig: The White House Funny Man
When Mark Katz graduated from Cornell University in 1986, he made a narrow escape from law school—“the Vietnam of my generation, a quagmire where promising young lives were needlessly wasted”—and instead decided to pursue a risky and circuitous career as a writer and humorist. It was a decision that finally paid off in the spring…
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Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
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News The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
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Opinion Yes, antisemitism is rising. But pro-Palestinian protests aren’t the real threat to our campuses
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Opinion USC taught its pro-Palestinian valedictorian to ask good questions — then axed commencement because it was afraid of them
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Fast Forward Hundreds of students arrested from Texas to California as college Israel protests continue
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Fast Forward USC cancels graduation amid tumult over Israel and Gaza
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News Columbia’s campus is rocked by protests. The surrounding neighborhood? Not so much