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News A Palestinian and an Israeli bereaved in violence make the case for peace
“The Future Is Peace” authors Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon found a shared path after Oct. 7 by focusing on the emotional work needed for progress
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Fast Forward 42 Jewish authors slam Jewish Book Council for ‘bias toward centering Israeli and Zionist voices’
The open letter accuses the literary organization of betraying its mission
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Books A new book explores the vibrancy of pre-war Warsaw
'The Last Woman of Warsaw' follows two women as antisemitism begins to rise in Poland
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Culture Ben Lerner’s tale of three hotels is a lyrical novel of loss and human potential
in 'Transcription,' the celebrated author writes Jewishly of what he finds himself unable to escape
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Culture In her inspired and inspiring history of the Jewish Bund, Molly Crabapple has found her anti-Zionist heroes for our time
Though written for this political moment, 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country' is more of a history and a tribute than a handbook
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Culture The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that.
in 'Here Where We Live Is Our Country,' the artist and journalist offers a family memoir and a history of the Jewish Bund.
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Culture Oct. 7 changed Howard Jacobson. But his new novel is as defiant as ever.
'Howl' is a pointed, humorous critique of the British anti-Zionist movement
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Culture It’s getting more dangerous to be a comedian — but was it ever safe?
Jacques Berlinerblau's new book examines the limits of free speech in an era of ideological contention and internet virality
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Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
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Fast Forward UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
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Antisemitism Decoded The antisemites are enjoying themselves
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Film & TV Remembering Siskel and Ebert’s great debate: Mel Brooks or Woody Allen?
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Yiddish World Recalling Millie Baran, whose mark on the Yiddish world lives on
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Fast Forward Teens in 2 states arrested over threat that shuttered Houston synagogue
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Culture A New York Jewish childhood at the Dalton School where privilege met progressivism
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Fast Forward In the depths of Tel Aviv’s bus station, a fragile refuge for those with nowhere else to go during war