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While those on the Far-Right tend to like Jews more if they are seen as white, the Far-Left likes them less if they are seen as white.
In addition to returning all the hostages held by Palestinians in Gaza, of course.
With all due respect, there is a certain difference between injustices, as horrible as they are — committed years ago — and a crowd of people threatening my personal family’s safety today.
Germans were not, even retrospectively, opposed to the national project embodied by the Nazi government. On the key issue, surveys of Germans after World War II showed that 40 percent remained antise…
Some Jews have been on the liberal reservation so long that they openly celebrate people who punch them in the face — and expect the rest of us to do the same.
Terrorism against Jews is somehow less terroristic.
For some white liberals, anti-racism is a smokescreen for class prejudice.
As history’s wounds fester, a bold Jewish movement emerges, transforming pain into powerful defiance against hate and death.
The collapse of Syria's Assad regime is already reshaping the Middle East, from Israel's high-stakes military maneuvers to emerging alliances and power struggles that could redefine the region.
The more antisemitic you are, the more you are sure the Jews are lording their superiority over you, the more you hate them, and the more antisemitic you become.
The Jewish state's complexities defy simple explanations.
Amongst Jews there is a saying: "The pessimists fled, and the optimists stayed behind."
The notion of a “chosen people” is divisive, literally. But when understood in full context it just might help bring us together.
Indeed, we are forced to ask: What faith can we now have in humanity?
Few seem to know about the Palestinian Authority's vast illegal settlement program in Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank) and the strategy behind it.
Do you really think I am going to care what 1,000 middling modern writers have to say?
“Just one arson attack,” some might say. “Not indicative of a broader trend.” But this would be a lie, a self-soothing fiction.
My great-grandmother relied on the Jewish press. Now I do, too.
Only through empathy and intellectual honesty can the world begin to grasp why Jews so fiercely defend and cherish our homeland.
Like so many Jews since October 7th, I am not okay. I smile. I laugh. I work. I write. But I’m faking it. Underneath all of it, I am anxious, scared, heartbroken for the hostages and their families.