A professor at the University of Houston and the Women’s Institute of Houston, Robert Zaretsky is also a culture columnist at the Forward.
Robert Zaretsky
By Robert Zaretsky
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Opinion As fires burn in LA, has Trump found his Reichstag fire moment?
Trump's decision to call in the National Guard to quell unrest recalls the ways in which Hitler asserted and consolidated power
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Opinion At the forefront of French opposition to the war in Gaza, the superstar rabbi who inspired an HBO series
Decrying destruction, death and famine, Delphine Horvilleur is practicing what she's been preaching
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Opinion De Gaulle would weep at the soullessness of Netanyahu and Trump
Blaming France for the murders in Washington, D.C. is yet another low for Israel's prime minister
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Opinion This Jewish mathematician understood why Trump is a terrible poker player
John von Neumann co-authored a theory of games, which explains a lot about the president's approach to economics
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Culture A great Israeli author’s searing reflection on Oct. 7 would be a must-read — if you could find it in English
In 'The Ground Floor,' acclaimed detective novelist Dror Mishani turns to nonfiction to bear witness to catastrophe
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Opinion In this Hegelian age, we should be talking about Herzl, not Trump
Those would call Trump a Hegelian 'world-soul' would be wise to go back to their history books
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Opinion No, Pete Hegseth and Itamar Ben-Gvir don’t look alike — but that’s where the differences end
In Hegseth and Ben-Gvir, two exemplars of incompetence and intemperance
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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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