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Sep 24, 2024, 7:47 PM

You can go home again–if it’s in Israel

Home. Like most of us, it’s something I don’t think about. It’s just there. Sometimes I am reminded why I should not take that for granted. My father would be among those doing the reminding. His family came from Tunisia, where...

Aug 24, 2021, 12:03 AM

What Afghanistan taught us about Israel-Palestine

In this Aug. 19, 2021 photo, Taliban fighters display their flag on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

The progressive US Democrats who slammed the Jewish state over a Jerusalem real estate dispute stayed mum for days when the Taliban crushed Kabul

Jun 3, 2021, 7:12 PM

Thousands of protesters traveled to the nation's capital this past weekend to attend the National March for Palestine. This event began on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and finished at the Capitol. The March for Palestine was a...

May 4, 2021, 6:23 PM

Fighting antisemitism is a progressive cause

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The struggle for equity and justice is at the heart of our progressive values. We must identify and combat all forms of bigotry and hate if we want to build the kind of society that we can all be...

Apr 14, 2021, 11:57 PM

Celebrating Yom Ha’atzmaut This Year

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“You see who people really are in hard times, not the easy ones,” my mother used to tell me growing up. And this year has been particularly – if not devastatingly hard. On so many levels, we saw who people,...

Apr 10, 2021, 11:06 PM

CUNY must reject attack on antisemitism definition

Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is notorious for their hatred of Israel. Now, at the City University of New York (CUNY), the group has put forward a resolution to the systemwide University Student Senate (USS) that not only...

Mar 23, 2021, 11:26 PM

UMN needs IHRA to protect Jewish students

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The International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of Antisemitism is profoundly important for the protection and liberation of Jews all over the world. In order to stop hatred, we must first be able to define it. This is why...

Mar 8, 2021, 8:06 AM

Tufts Must Protect Students from Anti-Semitism

Anyone who has been paying attention knows the sad reality -- Jewish students on college college campuses face hostility, discrimination, and even smear campaigns at the hands of their peers. That is exactly what happened to Max...

Feb 10, 2021, 8:25 PM

Groundbreaking online event disrupted with hate

While those in the Jewish community are well aware of Israel’s rich history, too often people outside the Jewish faith view Israel with apathy. The Israel Summit movement means to change all of that by exposing students outside of...

Feb 6, 2021, 4:38 PM

The war on critical race theory weaponizes anti-Semitism

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So what if California's ethnic studies curriculum was vastly improved to present Jews as a marginalized minority: Emily Benedek is having none of it

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About Me

Hen Mazzig is a Senior Fellow at The Tel Aviv Institute (TLVi). He is a writer, digital communications expert, international speaker and LGBTQ+ advocate. His work focuses, among other topics, on the Jews from the Middle East and North Africa.