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Mar 7, 2026, 12:55 PM

The Democratic License: Jankélévitch, Anti-Zionism, and the European Left after October 7

"Anti-Zionism is justified antisemitism, finally within everyone's reach. It is the permission to be democratically antisemitic." Vladimir Jankelevitch, Pardonner ?, 1971 October 7, 2023 made verifiable what Vladimir Jankelevitch had put on record fifty years before: that anti-Zionism is the historically...

Dec 23, 2025, 5:06 PM

Europe after the illusion of permanent peace

Illustrative: French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner, center, followed by Strasbourg Chief Rabbi Harold Abraham Weill, second right, walk amid vandalized tombs in the Jewish cemetery of Westhoffen, west of the city of Strasbourg, eastern France, December 4, 2019. (Jean-Francois Badias/AP)

Europeans may be surprised that war has returned to the continent, but make no mistake: Antisemitism never left it

Jul 9, 2025, 9:18 PM

What They Refused to See: The Dinah Project

The Dinah Project is an initiative founded by three leading figures in Israeli law and human rights: Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, retired Judge Nava Ben-Or, and Col. (Res.) Adv. Sharon Zagagi-Pinhas. Established in the months following the October 7, 2023...

Jun 13, 2025, 6:49 PM

Marzabotto: A Choice Between Freedom and Totalitarianism

June 15, 2025. Marzabotto–Monte Sole. As the world watches with bated breath the escalation between Israel and Iran—following Israeli airstrikes on June 13 against nuclear sites in Natanz and other Iranian military installations—a peace march winds through the hills...

May 5, 2025, 5:39 AM

1938 Is Back. But This Time, We Know Everything

Rome, May 1, 2025. During the traditional May Day concert in Piazza San Giovanni, the Milanese band Patagarri – launched by X Factor – performed Hava Nagila, the historic Jewish song. At the end, they chanted “Free Palestine,” invited...

Apr 30, 2025, 5:13 PM

From Labor to Identity: How the Left Forgot Women and Class

In a previous article, I tried to trace a shift: from redistribution to recognition, from material change to symbolic affirmation. The Left today—much of it, at least—doesn’t talk about class anymore. It talks about voices. Stories. Trauma. You’re legitimate...

Apr 16, 2025, 10:58 PM

From Labor to Recognition: When the Left Stopped Changing Society

Progressive politics has replaced redistribution with identity-based legitimacy. But can suffering alone define justice? This is the first in a series of articles that try to understand when — and why — everything changed: words, alliances, enemies. There was a...

Apr 3, 2025, 5:05 PM

It’s not AI following you. You’re following it: the Netflix case

In my work with my startup, I study how AI shapes our choices every day. Netflix is one of the most emblematic cases. There’s something extraordinary — and at the same time subtly unsettling — about the way Netflix tries...

Mar 22, 2025, 10:45 PM

How Gaza Hijacked the Western Left

Today, for much of the Western left, there seems to be only one cause truly worthy of visibility: Palestine. Not Palestine as a historical, social or geopolitical reality — but as an absolute, totemic symbol of suffering. Gaza has...

Mar 17, 2025, 2:55 PM

Antisemitism in the Machine

Generative artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming how we communicate, learn, and produce content. But what happens when these models—trained on massive datasets scraped from the internet—absorb and reproduce both explicit and coded forms of antisemitism? The issue isn’t just...

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About Me

Carmen Dal Monte (PhD), is an Italian entrepreneur and Jewish community leader. Founder and CEO of an AI startup, she is also president of the Jewish Reform Community Or 'Ammim, in Bologna.