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Alec Mauer

Nov 27, 2025, 3:29 PM

I saw Peter Beinart at Tel Aviv University

The public intellectual I once admired is unrealistic about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and inconsistent on the sources of antisemitism

Nov 4, 2025, 11:55 AM

“Go Back to Poland”: Reclaiming Bigotry through Excursion

Walking along train tracks in Jędrzejów , Poland, with family in June 2025.

My paternal grandparents, Sara and Chilik Mauer, were raised in a small Jewish community about an hour’s drive from Krakow. Of the approximately 4,400 Jews living in Jędrzejów before the Shoah, my grandparents were among the 80 who survived. ...

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Alec is a student at Tel Aviv University pursuing an MA in Security and Diplomacy Studies. He is interested in exploring the relationship between Israeli policy and diasporic identity. As an undergraduate, Alec studied writing and rhetoric. He was born and raised in Chicago.

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