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El-Sayed’s Victory Does Not Bode Well For Israel

Israel’s support in the Democratic Party is gradually slipping away. The latest evidence of this seminal shift is Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in...

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John Galliano’s Journey From Hatred To Repentance

John Galliano, the controversial British fashion designer, will be the subject of an exhibition at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art...

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Trump’s Milestone And Netanyahu’s Millstone

Donald Trump is bound to be disappointed, if not angry, by Israel’s negative reaction to his recent announcement regarding the prospects of peace in...

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The Contagion Of Settler Violence

On the eve of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington last week, Trump received a letter from Matan...

02.08.2026 40

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Marty Supreme: A Portrait Of A Table Tennis Star

Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, released last year and now available on Amazon Prime, is ostensibly about the American ping pong star Marty Reisman. It...

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Netanyahu’s Meeting With Trump Focused On Iran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 28 unfolded against the backdrop of their...

29.07.2026 60

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Israel’s Alliance With The US Has Frayed

There is a glaring disconnect between Israel’s sagging popularity in the United States and President Donald Trump’s regard and respect for Israel....

28.07.2026 40

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The US-Saudi Nuclear Deal May Well Implode

It seems like a muddled agreement, at least at first glance. On July 23, the United States announced that it would build a civilian nuclear program in...

26.07.2026 60

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Mamdani – The Face Of Anti-Israel Animus in the US

New York mayor Zohran Mamdani stooped to political theater when he recently reiterated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war...

24.07.2026 40

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Trump Trapped In A War Of Attrition In Iran

The United States and Iran are enmeshed in a no-war, no-peace deadlock that could easily escalate into an all-out war again should there be no major...

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Above Suspicion

Nazi villains were a staple of early 1940s Hollywood movies, especially after the United States’ entry into World War II following Japan’s attack...

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Iran’s Quds Force Linked To Antisemitic Attacks

July is a month to remember in the annals of Iranian-inspired terrorism against Jews. On July 18, 1994, a massive explosion tore through the Jewish...

19.07.2026 60

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Improbable Journey

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the face of the Islamic Republic of Iran for eight years. As Iran’s president from 2005 to 2013, he brutally suppressed...

17.07.2026 60

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A Tough Love Message To Israel

A prominent Jewish American has dispensed a message of tough love to Israel. It is worth listening to. Rahm Emanuel was in Israel earlier this month...

15.07.2026 60

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Mark Carney Needs To Be Consistent

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was recently in Jeddah to drum up business with Saudi Arabia, a wealthy and influential Arab state. He was the...

13.07.2026 60

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The Graham Platner Fiasco

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee who was contesting the US Senate race in Maine, was a problematic candidate from the very start, yet his...

11.07.2026 60

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The US And Iran Are On The War Path Again

The latest tit for tat skirmishes between the United States and Iran, plus the bitter war of words these battles have set off, point to one...

09.07.2026 60

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Iran Sends Out A Defiant Message

The lengthy funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s former supreme leader, has been an elaborate and extended spectacle projecting strength,...

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Honor: A Holocaust Story Of Courage And Resilience

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, has recognized 2,673 Ukrainians as Righteous Among the Nations, an honor conferred on non-Jews who...

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The Strait Of Hormuz: Iran’s Trump Card

Shortly after the eruption of the war in Iran last winter, the Iranian regime closed the Strait of Hormuz to virtually all commercial shipping. The...

03.07.2026 60

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Israel Finally Recognizes The Armenian Genocide

In a decision presumably driven by its currently abysmal relations with Turkey, Israel recently recognized the Armenian genocide. “It’s never too...

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Israel’s Agreement With Lebanon May Be Doomed

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, called it a “major milestone,” heralding what could be a new chapter in Israel’s often rocky bilateral...

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The French Resistance Movement And Jews

The French resistance movement battling the pro-German Vichy regime and its ally, Nazi Germany, was a source of hope to persecuted Jews in France. The...

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Israel Demonized In Democratic Party Circles

Three left-wing candidates endorsed by New York’s anti-Zionist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won Democratic Party primaries on June 23, upending politics...

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The Plight Of Partial Jews In Nazi Germany

Germans of mixed race ancestry fared badly in Nazi Germany. Thomas Paul Bernstein was one of them, a half-Jew who barely survived the brutalities of...

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The Memorandum Of Understanding Strengthens Iran

Donald Trump lambasted the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which placed severe restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program. He called it...

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Trump Pivots Away From Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has learned the hard way that his political relationship with US President Donald Trump comes at a high...

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Israel’s Next Leader

Israel’s forthcoming general election is due to take place in September or October, and if the pollsters are correct Prime Minister Benjamin...

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A Memorandum Of Understanding Ends The Iran War

There has been a negotiated end to the war in Iran, but the volatile issues that triggered it have yet to be resolved. After nearly three months of...

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Israel’s Dilemma In Lebanon

Has Iran constrained Israel’s freedom of action in Lebanon? That’s the burning question observers have asked following Israel’s latest clashes...

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The Last Twins

Erno “Zvi” Spiegel is an unsung hero of the Holocaust – a nearly forgotten Hungarian Jew who saved young Jewish twins in the Auschwitz-Birkenau...

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Iran Trying To Impose A New Equation In Mideast

Iran’s ballistic missile attacks against Israel on June 7 and June 8 were stunning yet not surprising. Iran – Israel’s arch enemy and...

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Canada’s “Crisis Of Antisemitism”

Prime Minister Mark Carney finally delivered a long overdue public statement on the unsettling spike of antisemitic incidents in Canada. On June 1, in...

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Cuz You’re Ugly

Sharon Angelhart’s Hebrew-language movie, Cuz You’re Ugly, is a closely-observed character study of an obese and unattractive young woman who...

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I Had The Heart

Oliver Kolker’s Spanish-language movie, I Had The Heart, engages all the senses. A drama from Argentina with pronounced musical elements, it takes...

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We Met At Grossinger’s

Grossinger’s, the renowned Borscht Belt resort, is lovingly profiled in a nostalgic documentary by Paula Eiselt. We Met At Grossinger’s will be...

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Royal Swap

One of the most unusual episodes in the annals of the Arab-Israeli conflict took place in the early 1980s when the former queen of Jordan was directly...

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1948 – Remember, Remember Not

Neta Shoshani’s substantive documentary, 1948 – Remember, Remember Not, delves into the tumultuous events that led to the first Arab-Israeli war...

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A German Jew Wrestles With His Conscience

Hans Rosenthal was a beloved superstar on West German television from 1971 to 1986. His popular and lucrative quiz show, Dalli, Dalli, was watched by...

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Israeli Film Explores Maternal Obsession

Mothers pamper their children, but the single mom in Netalie Brown’s Israeli feature film wins first prize in this category. Anat (Dana Ivgy) is so...

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The Sea

Israel’s occupation of the West Bank often interferes with the mobility of its Palestinian inhabitants, especially when they need to travel to...

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A Shabbat On The Other Side Of The River

A rubber boom in the vast Amazon rainforest more than a century ago prompted a group of adventurous and courageous Jewish men and boys from Morocco to...

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One Street In Silwan

Silwan, a largely Palestinian neighborhood in East Jerusalem near the Temple Mount and the Western Wall, has emerged as a flashpoint in Israel’s...

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Elena’s War

Inspired by a true story, Elena’s War focuses on a Jewish heroine in fascist Italy. Scheduled to be screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival,...

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Poland Versus History

Polish-Jewish relations during the German occupation of Poland were tortuous at best. As the Nazi occupiers ruthlessly exterminated Polish Jews in a...

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The Faces of Hitler’s Germany

Richard J. Evans, in Hitler’s People: The Faces Of The Third Reich (Penguin Press), focuses on a rogue’s gallery of Nazis who created a fascist...

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Itamar Ben-Gvir’s Foolishness

Much to Israel’s detriment, Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir pulled off an asinine and embarrassing stunt that never should...

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Ilse Koch On Trial

Ilse Koch, a symbol of barbarism in the Third Reich, spent almost 24 years in prison, even as Nazi perpetrators who committed far greater crimes...

20.05.2026 90

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A Unique Relationship In The Arab World

Israel’s relationship with the United Arab Emirates is like no other in the Arab world. Israel has forged peace treaties and normalization accords...

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The Ineffective Truce In Lebanon Is Extended

When the third round of U.S.-mediated Israel-Lebanon talks ended at the State Department in Washington on May 15, the United States announced a 45-day...

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