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Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

Take it from a German Jew: The AfD and its supporters aren’t making Jews safer

BERLIN — Several years ago, the newspaper where I am an editor in Germany made an unusual decision: We would not interview any politicians...

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Joshua Schultheis

Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture

Remembering Clinton Bailey, an Israeli scholar who preserved Bedouin culture

Over the years I have received notes and cards from my partner with lines from ancient Bedouin love poetry. I always enjoy the soulful stanzas, the...

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Shira Hecht-Koller

A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’

A gift shop at Auschwitz? New films and a graphic memoir explore the contradictions of ‘dark tourism’

In a fraught moment in the film “A Real Pain,” Kieran Culkin, playing the more volatile of a pair of Jewish cousins who go on a roots tour of...

26.01.2025 10

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Andrew Silow-Carroll

Bishop Mariann Budde angered Donald Trump with her inauguration sermon. Rabbis like me should have such courage.

Bishop Mariann Budde angered Donald Trump with her inauguration sermon. Rabbis like me should have such courage.

A religious leader rises before a head of state. Calmly, deliberately, they teach from their tradition, quote words of scripture, plead with the...

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Rabbi Micah Streiffer

An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders

An installation in Pennsylvania marks a milestone in the journey of Orthodox women rabbinic leaders

This weekend, Rabbanit Leah Sarna will be installed as the first senior rabbinic leader of her Orthodox synagogue. The communal event is a cause...

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Rabba Sara Hurwitz

Why everyone is quoting Hannah Arendt, sometimes even accurately

Why everyone is quoting Hannah Arendt, sometimes even accurately

Nearly every day someone or other on my social media feeds will share the same quote by Hannah Arendt. It reads: This constant lying is not aimed...

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Andrew Silow-Carroll