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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Opinion At least one world leader understands the existential threat Putin poses to Europe and to Jews
Emmanuel Macron gave the speech that Donald Trump never could
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Books 75 years after the birth of McCarthyism, scoundrel time returns to America
Clay Risen's 'Red Scare' recalls a societal plague that had been quieted but never fully conquered
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Opinion In their Zelenskyy meeting, Trump and Vance laid waste to a cherished Yiddish value
Under the current administration, common sense — or sechel — is under attack
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Opinion Eric Adams said he’d ‘collaborate’ on immigration enforcement — so did Vichy France during WWII
New York's mayor has more in common with Marshal Pétain than a telling word choice
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Opinion A Jewish philosopher and mystic understood Trump’s Achilles’ heel
For those struggling to make sense of a flurry of executive orders, Simone Weil and 'The Iliad' offer useful guidance
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Opinion In Trump’s Gaza pronouncement, a disdain for humanity worthy of Caligula
Many have called Trump 'mad' — Albert Camus knew better
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Opinion How a Holocaust philosopher can help us make sense of Trump’s disgraceful Jan. 6 pardons
For Vladimir Jankélévitch, some acts were beyond the realm of forgiveness
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Opinion Nazi salute or not, Elon Musk was gesturing to a new spectacle of fascism
Walter Benjamin warned us about the meaning of Musk's salute seen round the world
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Yiddish דער טאַיִב טעאַטער — אַ סימבאָל פֿון ייִדישער קולטור און װידערשטאַנד אין סאַאָ פּאַולאָThe Taib Theater — a symbol of Yiddish culture and protest in Sao Paulo
אין די 1960ער האָט די בינע פֿונעם „פֿאָלקסהויז“ צוגעצױגן שטערנס פֿון ייִדישן טעאַטער ווי אידאַ קאַמינסקאַ, יעקבֿ ראָטבוים און יוסף בולאָף.
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