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 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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Opinion Voltaire knew what to say about would-be despots like Donald Trump
The Mahmoud Khalil affair calls to mind the anti-democratic excesses of the 18th century
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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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