Like most weeks, last week the Jews were in the news.

While adults in the Jewish community rightfully and forcefully responded to articles in The New York Times by Nicholas Kristof and workshop carefully worded statements responding to Zohran Mamdani’s assertion that the Nakba should be commemorated on May 15, Jewish teenagers around the world were encountering these stories first not through communal institutions, but through their phones — on TikTok, Instagram, group chats, and algorithm-driven feeds.

And they were asking very different questions.

What is the Nakba, and why have I never heard about it before?

Should I post anything about Israel in Eurovision if it means I could lose followers or even friends?

Are the horrific allegations I’m seeing about dogs anatomically even possible?

For many young Jews, conversations are not beginning in classrooms, synagogues, or youth groups. They begin........

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