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Culture Surprise, we’re going to Auschwitz! What happens when an influencer stumbles upon a Holocaust memorial
An influencer gifted her boyfriend a trip to the concentration camp for his birthday. What does that say about the state of Holocaust remembrance?
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Culture Grok said Hebrew translation was disabled on X — but it’s not
Why did the social media platform's built-in AI bot hallucinate something so easy to disprove?
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Culture How ‘Spiritually Israeli’ became a slur that isn’t really about Israel
The phrase is applied to the Dodgers World Series win, Taylor Swift and other non-Jewish phenomena
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Culture Musk created Grokipedia to counter bias, but it’s full of antisemitic and racist dog-whistles
A competitor to Wikipedia, Grokipedia has a habit of endorsing Musk's own preferred beliefs
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Fast Forward Israel’s secret ‘Esther Project’: DOJ filings reveal paid US influencer campaign amid AI-powered PR blitz
As Netanyahu calls social media the “eighth front,” new documents reveal how Israel is paying to shape U.S. opinion
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Culture How the phrase ‘It was promised to them 3,000 years ago’ became a ubiquitous meme
The comment appears on every kind of Jewish content, but what does it mean?
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News How the online knitting world unraveled over Israel and Gaza
Even knitters aren't exempt from internet wars over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Sports ‘Chetanyahu?’: NBA star sucked into Gaza culture wars over workout video
A clip of Chet Holmgren shooting three-pointers set off a legion of anti-Israel activists on X
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News Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes admits ‘at least 6 million’ Jews were killed in Nazi Germany
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Fast Forward Columbia professor Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, criticizes university over antisemitism and protests
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