Ben Lorber
By Ben Lorber
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Opinion I’m A Jew And A Member Of JVP. Israel Just Banned Me.
In 2011, I visited the land of Israel on a trip for American Jews, organized by an Orthodox yeshiva — kind of like Birthright, only more religious. I remember how holy it felt to pray at the graves of the matriarchs and patriarchs in Hebron, to dunk in the mikvah (ritual bath) used by the…
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Opinion Why did a Jewish philanthropist tweet this anti-Semitic image of George Soros?
This week, a tweet made the rounds depicting George Soros, the progressive Hungarian Jewish philanthropist, as an octopus with tentacles embracing the earth’s surface. It’s a well-known anti-Semitic canard. But this anti-Semitic tweet didn’t come from the alt-right; it came from Adam Milstein, real estate mogul and prominent pro-Israel philanthropist. The Adam and Gila Milstein…
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