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 Shackled, imprisoned and subjected to false accusations, Kilmar Abrego Garcia recalls the fate of Captain Alfred Dreyfus
As in the infamous 'Dreyfus Affair,' a man has been condemned on the basis of flimsy evidence and flat-out lies
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Opinion Trump’s followers see a savior, but Jewish historians know a false messiah when they see one
The president's whiplash-inducing tariff policies recall the strange case of the debunked mystic Sabbatai Zevi
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Opinion Following an Orwellian ‘Liberation Day,’ is a doublethinking America on its way to becoming another Oceania?
75 years after his death, George Orwell would have recoiled at Trump's toxic blend of nationalism, totalitarianism and antisemitism
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Opinion Marine Le Pen may be headed to prison — antisemitism and xenophobia still roam freely
In France, 'la loi' proves more powerful than Le Pen, but is it more powerful than L'Antisémitisme?
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Books So much to say about Israeli violence, so little to say about violence against Jews
Pankaj Mishra's 'The World After Gaza: A History' offers a reading of current events that is more political and personal than historical
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Opinion In the Trump administration and Israel, a grotesque display of virility coupled with a loss of humanity
On group chats, enemies are dehumanized and their destruction is cheered on with emojis instead of words
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Opinion On the left as well as the right, a thick residue of antisemitism in France
Like Marine Le Pen's far-right movement, Defiant France remains defiantly antisemitic
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Opinion Why a politician with an intriguing Jewish history says the U.S. should give back the Statue of Liberty
Raphaël Glucksmann's call for the iconic statue's return is more than just a political gibe
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