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Rachel Goldberg-Polin: When the Last Hostage Came Home
Finally, no Israeli hostages are left in Gaza. But for us bereaved families, the eternal hurdle is figuring out how to wake up each morning with part of…
Rachel Goldberg-Polin
How Holocaust Denial Became Mainstream
As memory of the atrocity fades, the war over its meaning is more important than ever.
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Why Liberal Religion Is Losing Ground
‘If you remove the religious soil, the ethics of a society will stay for a while—just like cut flowers—but eventually they will wither and die.’
Coleman Hughes
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Things Worth Remembering: The Poem That Outlived the Holocaust
Every year, millions around the world honor the victims of the Holocaust by singing Hannah Senesh’s poem, ‘Eli, Eli’: five imperfect lines about a…
Douglas Century
Things Worth Remembering: ‘Good Night, World’
Jacob Glatstein’s 1938 poem ‘Good Night, World’ reads today as a warning and a responsibility: Night for the Jews is night for the values a free society…
Ruth R. Wisse
Mamdani’s Wild First Week
Venezuelans, Jews, Trump—who hasn’t the new mayor offended yet?
Olivia Reingold
What I Learned on Bondi Beach
Survival does not always come with answers. It does, however, come with responsibilities.
Arsen Ostrovsky
My Father Was Killed on Bondi Beach
Reuven Morrison left the USSR for a safer life in Australia, but his adopted country failed him, says his daughter.
Sheina Gutnick
How a Cornell Professor Drove an Israeli Student out of His Class
‘I don’t have to give both sides,’ the professor said, unleashing a clash between academic freedom and discrimination.
Johanna Berkman
Mamdani’s ‘New Era’ Starts with Deleting Posts About Antisemitism
New York City’s new mayor also abandoned the city’s official recognition of an antisemitism definition and an order to strengthen the protection of…
Tanner Nau
Under Mamdani, New York City’s Top Antisemitism Official Doesn’t Know If He Will Stay or Go
Rabbi Moshe Davis cites progress fighting anti-Jewish hate in a report that might be his last official action. ‘I currently have the job until I hear…
Olivia Reingold
The Free Press Heroes of 2025
Heroes emerge even—or especially—in times of great darkness. Here are a few of the people we’re thankful for as we end the year.
The Editors
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