Alex Zeldin is a contributing columnist for the Forward. Follow him on Twitter @JewishWonk.
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By Alex Zeldin
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Opinion I worried antisemitism would engulf Ukraine after Russia invaded. I was wrong
Russia's invasion has unified all Ukrainians, including its ethnic minorities, in the battle for its existence
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Opinion A Jewish comedian didn’t mention Israel in his act. He was still heckled with ‘Free Palestine’
Holding American Jews responsible for Israel's actions is antisemitic
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Opinion We made it through Trump era. But why didn’t Jews leave?
Did they know it in the moment, or is it a story they told themselves later? It’s a question I ask myself when reading about the many heartbreaks in Jewish history. Did the Jews of Sefarad know their golden age was coming to an end? Did the generation of Jews born outside of the ghetto…
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Opinion Black Lives Matter has exposed a generational divide for Soviet Jews
I have a memory from just after we moved to America. We still had to walk a fair distance to get groceries, and I recall a hot summer day and a long walk in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Most vividly, I recall my mother’s face as we entered the store. She was beaming at the fully-stocked…
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Food Why I make these sirniki, or Russian cheese pancakes, for Shavuot [VIDEO]
If you read and discuss enough biblical commentary and ask why ancient figures didn’t do things along what we today think of as “Jewish” lines, you often get the response of ‘Well, they didn’t have the Torah yet. They didn’t know.’ It’s always been a point of comfort for me as someone who was raised…
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Opinion Russian Jews have been preparing for this crisis our whole lives
Previous Article Next Article It’s hard to resist employing the kind of cynical Jewish humor that Russian-speaking Jews know so well when speaking with Americans. If you’re asked a question you don’t want to answer, well, be a clever Jew and respond back with your own question. I successfully resisted the urge when my editor…
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Opinion Anne Frank is being called a ‘Becky’. But here’s what that tweet got right
Last week, a tweet about Anne Frank — the beloved memoirist of “The Diary of Anne Frank” through which most American children learn about the Holocaust — went viral. The tweet referred to Anne Frank as a “Becky” and lamented the lack of education in America about genocides besides the Holocaust. A “Becky” is a…
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Opinion Bernie’s campaign is dead. Long live Bernie.
On Wednesday, April 8, 2020 Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders announced he was dropping out of the Democratic presidential primary. Many post-mortems on his campaign will likely focus on what it means for his “faction” of progressives. But whether or not it survives as a cohesive faction in the future, there is no doubt that the…
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