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Hande Gençünal

Jul 20, 2026, 11:17 PM

The Invisible Donation, Israel’s Diaspora Bond

In the early 1990s Benedict Anderson proposed a concept, long-distance nationalism. The politics of communities who stay attached to a territory they've never lived in, simply because they see it as their ancestral home. For Anderson this attachment wasn't...

Jul 16, 2026, 5:03 AM

They Stamped Every Neighborhood But Ours

There is a particular loneliness in being counted only when someone is counting victims, and forgotten every other day of the year. This summer, as the World Cup came to New York, the City handed out a “Neighborhood Passport,”...

Barry Mellinger

Jul 11, 2026, 12:32 AM

The Acceptable Jew

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the European Jewish Association and one of Europe’s most prominent Jewish leaders, was right to be outraged. When CNN’s Elex Michaelson said Jon Ossoff “may not read as Jewish” as Josh Shapiro, he wasn’t...

Jul 8, 2026, 8:04 AM

American Supporters of Israel on Warpath Against Victorious DSA Candidates

American supporters of Israel, alarmed over recent Democratic Socialists of America electoral victories in New York City, Los Angeles, and Denver, are tarring DSA and progressive candidates as antisemites for their criticisms of Israeli government policies. Despite the overheated...

Menachem Rosensaft

Jul 1, 2026, 4:57 AM

Genug shoyn – enough already

Genug shoyn! That's Yiddish for enough already. Let's all take a deep breath and cut people some slack. The hyperbolic outrage on the part of Israeli diplomats at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's most recent comments regarding Israel camouflages an unwillingness...

Jun 26, 2026, 8:38 PM

On ‘monsters’ and ‘dark money’ – Mamdani’s use of antisemitic tropes

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani holds a press conference on June 22, 2026. (Screenshot from YouTube)

At a rally held on June 18 in Brooklyn as part of the Democratic primary campaign in New York State for this year’s midterm congressional elections, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, citing a widely circulated mistranslation of a Gramsci...

Charles Asher Small

Jun 25, 2026, 6:28 PM

When a mayor calls Jews ‘monsters’

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks to supporters of Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier during an election night watch party, in New York City, June 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

At his Brooklyn rally last week, Mayor Zohran Mamdani stood before a roaring crowd and reached for a word with a very long history. The pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC, he declared, was among “the monsters that we are up...

Jun 25, 2026, 5:46 AM

The Socialist Surge Is a Warning for American Jews

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For years, Americans have debated the dangers of executive power. Many warned that President Trump’s use of executive orders revealed how quickly government authority can be stretched when a political movement believes the normal limits no longer apply. That concern...

Jun 23, 2026, 8:25 AM

A loyalty test for a latte

US Rep. Dan Goldman at a rally for Israeli hostages in Gaza in Central Park, New York City, June 8, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

A Brooklyn coffee shop's public shaming of a Jewish congressman exposes a society sliding into bigotry – one 'we don't serve your kind' at a time

Jun 12, 2026, 6:06 PM

The Clock is Ticking Part III

Do you ever drive past a car accident and slow down to take a look? You stretch your neck to get a better view and it feels like everything is moving in slow motion? That is my life here...

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