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Antisemitism
Can Dartmouth Save the Ivy League?
College president Sian Beilock had protesters arrested, defied faculty, and has said American universities lost their way. They can fix themselves, or…
Jonas Du
Ancient Wisdom: I Was There when Modern Israel Was Born
Living in Poland in 1924, my grandfather was assaulted and called a ‘dirty Jew.’ He came home beaten and bleeding and told his family: Pack your bags—we…
Judea Pearl
Rise of the Tough Jews
As the tidal wave of antisemitism grows, some Jews are finding ways to fight back, from concealed carry to Krav Maga.
Josh Kaplan
Introduction to Gazology
A new literary genre refashions the ruins of Gaza into a dark political parable with a familiar villain.
Matti Friedman
This Is a Dark Time for Britain’s Jews. But I’m Not Going Anywhere.
As antisemitic violence escalates in the UK, the instinct to flee is understandable. But abandoning Britain would mean conceding that Jewish life in the…
Josh Kaplan
Our Grandfathers’ Story of Survival
My grandfather survived a Nazi mass execution in Miory, Belarus. His story has shaped the course of my family ever since.
Gabrielle Markel
This Week in Jew-Hate: The Two Faces of Abdul El-Sayed
In the wake of the attack on Temple Israel, Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed offered condolences. Then he made it about Israel.
Rabbi Jen Lader
Kanye Isn’t a Threat to British Jews
I don’t think the rapper is antisemitic; I think he’s mentally unwell, and he should not have been banned from traveling to the UK. And yet, it was…
Hadley Freeman
This Week in Jew-Hate: The New Old Passover Story
Passover this year came with a strange disquiet: Would it be safe to celebrate at all?
Josh Kaplan
Kemi Badenoch: Britain Is Scared of Tackling Jew-Hate
Passover reminds us that for Jews, freedom is never guaranteed. It must be fought for in every generation.
Kemi Badenoch
I Went Undercover in France’s Anti-Israel Movement
What I found is how a mutual hatred for the West, imperialism, and Israel have coalesced around Palestine—a cause for which its devout followers are…
Nora Bussigny
What Will Follow the ‘Polite Pogrom’ in Canada?
Antisemitism is surging across the West, with politicians offering platitudes but no solutions.
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