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  Israel is not deliberately killing journalists in Gaza. But it does bear responsibility for their deaths

  More than 200 Palestinian journalists in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli military

  By Dan Perry

  4 min read
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  A Reichstag fire is blazing in Trump’s America and we know exactly who is fanning the flames

  The question isn't whether authoritarianism has arrived in our country; the question is what we're going to do about it

  By Terrence Petty Aug 26, 2025 | 4 min read
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  When Jewish migrants were trapped and terrified in Florida — like Alligator Alcatraz inmates today

  To understand our contemporary failings, we must understand the history that led to them

  By Fredric Brandfon Aug 23, 2025 | 4 min read

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  Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian come straight from the Nazi playbook

  For Hitler, making Germany great again was synonymous with censoring broad swaths of German culture

  By Michelle Young Aug 23, 2025 | 5 min read
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  There’s a shocking new report on civilian deaths in Gaza. If only it were accurate.

  Why bombshell claims may not tell the whole story about military versus civilian deaths

  By Rob Eshman Aug 22, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Following Laura Loomer’s lead, the US is repeating an egregious Holocaust-era mistake

  We turned away the MS St. Louis — and now we're turning away Palestinians in desperate need of medical care

  By Hadar Susskind Aug 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Israel’s new gift to the far right could help end the Gaza war

  Approval for a controversial new West Bank settlement might appease holdouts against a ceasefire

  By Dan Perry Aug 20, 2025 | 4 min read
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  If an antisemite chops down a memorial tree in Paris, how do we know it makes a sound?

  The destruction of an olive tree planted in honor of murder victim Ilan Halimi has drawn widespread condemnation but little press

  By Robert Zaretsky Aug 20, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Should we fear that Trump is this generation’s Neville Chamberlain? In a word, yes.

  Trump's summit with Putin mirrors Chamberlain's meeting with Hitler in stunning and sobering ways

  By Robert Zaretsky Aug 18, 2025 | 4 min read
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  The world is outraged by a reporter’s death in Gaza. It’s part of a much bigger problem.

  The IDF killed Anas al-Sharif, a prominent Al Jazeera journalist, in a targeted strike

  By Nora Berman Aug 15, 2025 | 6 min read
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  Entering motherhood — and an obsession with the works of an Italian Jewish literary hero

  I just had my first baby. I'm introducing him to the world through the lens of Primo Levi

  By Emily Tamkin Aug 14, 2025 | 5 min read