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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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Opinion Nazi Grok is a problem. So are the far-right Jews using AI to spread hate
Pro-Israel social media accounts are sharing AI-generated content that targets Muslims and Palestinians
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Culture Why a Gaza doctor’s striking video about starving babies has gone viral
The doctor in the video is gaunt, visibly malnourished himself, yet he only mentions the hunger of the babies in his care
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