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Sharonna Karni Cohen

Jun 15, 2026, 7:27 PM

Two Zionists Meet At A Bar

One says to the other: “What kind of Zionist are you?” George Orwell, in his Notes on Nationalism, makes a distinction that has stayed with me while reading him. He differentiates between patriotism and nationalism. Patriotism, he writes, is devotion to...

Jun 15, 2026, 9:51 AM

The slogans change. The destination changes. The pattern remains. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

To the Jews Who Believe It Is Only About Israel I worry about the Jews who march under the banner “Not in My Name.” Not because I question their sincerity. Many are sincere. Some are naïve. Some are confused. Some have been misled. Some are afraid...

Jun 14, 2026, 10:19 AM

Antisemitism Without a Name

The surface changes, but the underlying pattern remains. Antisemitism adapts to changing times, appearing behind different masks. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

The Vocabulary Changes, the Target Does Not One question keeps returning, in one form or another: Who is behind all this? Is it the universities? The media? The UN? The political Left? Islamists? Activists? NGOs? Social media? Foreign governments? In public discourse, the...

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Jun 12, 2026, 5:22 AM

AI and the Shape of the Jew

AI and the Shape of the Jew The most dangerous antisemitism is not always the one that announces itself. Sometimes it arrives as plausibility. A recent study on generative AI and antisemitic stereotypes should therefore be read not merely as...

Jun 9, 2026, 8:10 PM

AI: How will the newest technology impact the oldest hate?

On occasion I have submitted articles for publication only to have them rejected because I included pictures that violated copyright rules. When I wrote Antisemitism: A hatred like no other, I expected no problem because I included a photo...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 9, 2026, 6:14 AM

America’s New Anti-Israel Left-Right Consensus

Fifteen years ago, both major American political parties treated Israel as a strategic asset in the Middle East. Gallup’s 2011 surveys showed clear majorities sympathizing more with Israelis than with Palestinians across Democratic and Republican ranks. By February 2026,...

Jun 8, 2026, 12:26 PM

The Horror of the Civil Commission Report on Sexual Violence

Despite the clear evidence, many people denied, minimized or downplayed what happened on October 7th. In their minds, Hamas are and were misunderstood activists - as Jeremy Corbyn, ex leader of the Labour party in the UK, famously hailed...

Jun 5, 2026, 10:33 AM

So You Want to Be Chosen Huh?

The last week of my life has been quite illuminating. It was not on purpose. It sort of happened organically, but once I started to engage it took on a life of its own and in the process shined...

Silas Anastacio

May 30, 2026, 7:46 PM

Jewish Community Security and Challenges Amid Rising Antisemitism

Ninety years ago, in a Europe beginning to succumb to the rise of Nazism and the complicit silence in the face of intolerance, the World Jewish Congress was born in Geneva. The organization emerged from the courage and vision...

Steven C. Wernick

May 30, 2026, 12:33 AM

Anatevka Had No Fourth Path. We Do.

Monday night I saw Fiddler on the Roof. In Yiddish. Part of it was intellectual curiosity. Yiddish was the lingua franca of that world. Sholem Aleichem wrote in Yiddish. Tevye der Milkhiker — Tevye the Dairyman — was born in...

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