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" Why "Judea and Samaria" Isn't Just a Name: The Erasure of Jewish History
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (200+ words) Honest Reporting " Why "Judea and Samaria" Isn't Just a Name: The Erasure of Jewish History The term "Judea and Samaria" is often dismissed as political, but it's actually a name steeped in 2, 700 years of Jewish history. In the 1947 UN partition…...
" Not Protest, Just Hate: A Week of Antisemitism Across the Globe
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (233+ words) Honest Reporting " Not Protest, Just Hate: A Week of Antisemitism Across the Globe In just one week, the world saw a disturbing escalation of antisemitic acts that have little to do with political debate and everything to do with raw…...
Is the Bund Being Co-Opted by Modern Anti-Zionists?
1+ week, 8+ hour ago (865+ words) Why have Al Jazeera, Zeteo, The New York Times, and The Guardian'recently revisited the Bund, a Jewish socialist movement founded in Eastern Europe over a century ago? Much of this renewed attention follows the publication of Here Where We Live…...
" Why American Jews Celebrate Israel's Independence Day
1+ week, 6+ day ago (238+ words) Yom Ha'atzmaut, Israel's Independence Day, is not a religious holiday. It is a national one, marking the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948. So why do American Jews, who do not live in Israel, celebrate it so widely?...
Why Are Jews Called "The Chosen People? Misunderstanding, Misuse, and a Convenient Distortion
2+ week, 3+ day ago (847+ words) From Ana Kasparian's claim that Israelis are despised worldwide for "thinking you're G-d's chosen people" to Roger Waters' unhinged assertion that Israelis seek to first take over the Middle East and then "rule the world for the rest of eternity,…...
" Inside The New Yorker's Skewed Portrait of American Jews and Israel
3+ week, 3+ day ago (162+ words) The New Yorker recently published a feature portraying American synagogues as "boiling over" and Jewish communities as deeply divided over Israel. A closer look at the sourcing tells a different story. The piece also omits a key demographic: Orthodox Jews....
Restricted for All, Reported as Selective: How Jerusalem's Closures Were Reframed
4+ week, 1+ day ago (575+ words) As Easter and Passover converged in Jerusalem in the shadow of an active regional conflict, entry to the Old City was severely restricted. Israeli authorities cited elevated security risks, including the threat of ballistic missile fire and the absence of…...
Christ is King: Rise of the "Anti-Zionist" Christian Influencer
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1019+ words) Reading time: 7 minutes A sacred phrase, repurposed: "Christ is King," long a traditional Christian affirmation, has been increasingly co-opted online as a political signal intertwined with antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric. Data shows a semantic shift: A report by the Network…...
How Australia's National Broadcaster Turned Jewish Mourning Into a Political Debate
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (963+ words) In the wake of more than two years of escalating hostility toward Australia's Jewish community " including doxing campaigns, campus encampments, synagogue firebombings, and the murder of 15 Australians at Bondi Beach " Israeli President Isaac Herzog's planned visit was intended as an…...
Carrie Prejean Boller: From Miss USA to Mainstreaming Antisemitism
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (384+ words) There is never a right time or place for antisemitism. But there are probably few more inappropriate places to be spewing out antisemitic talking points than at a White House panel on religious freedom. In the antisemitic alt-right online echochamber,…...