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Aaron T. Walter

May 18, 2026, 4:42 AM

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There are moments in history when societies reveal not merely their political divisions but also their moral collapse. New York City, once the symbolic capital of Jewish security in the Diaspora, is beginning to show signs of such a...

May 11, 2026, 7:00 PM

UK Antisemitism Moves From Margins to Mainstream

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A surge in antisemitic intimidation, paired with political equivocation, is testing Britain’s civic compact and exposing the state’s difficulty in confronting modern extremism. Britain likes to imagine itself as a country tempered by moderation: pragmatic in politics, restrained in rhetoric...

Eugene J. Levin

May 5, 2026, 8:37 AM

When Art Becomes a Political Weapon

There was a time when museums existed to elevate culture, not weaponize it. That time, at least in Boston, appears to be fading. At one of the nation’s most respected cultural institutions, a senior curator, Kristen Gresh, has used the...

Apr 16, 2026, 9:10 AM

‘Intifada’ is not just a slogan

Messages written on Old Campus, February 18, 2026. (Photo credit: anonymous Yale student)

On Wednesday, February 18, 2026, I woke up and walked to shacharit (morning prayers). The tensions on campus had mostly slowed down, so I was quite surprised when I walked onto Cross Campus and saw words painted in red...

Apr 7, 2026, 11:10 AM

The Antizionist Liturgy: How Jew-Hatred Spreads Through Rhyme and Repetition

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I wasn't a big supporter of Israel before October 7th. Honestly, I didn't know what to think. I had begun questioning my views, along with my leftist and post-colonial methods I learned in graduate school decades ago. I was...

Mar 31, 2026, 7:31 PM

Globalize the check-in

Every time I fly, I come home saying, “Never again”—not because of what happens while I’m away but because of what’s involved in boarding a plane. I’m just back in London from New York and I’m still not over...

Mar 5, 2026, 8:30 AM

New York Jews Back the Mayor Whose Imam Prayed for Killing of Infidels

Supported by the people he prayed to destroy won Momdani the day. (image generated with AI)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani sat in the Al-Khoei Islamic Center in Queens on February 20, 2026, during Friday prayers on the first day of Ramadan. The imam led a supplication in Arabic invoking the Mahdi with words...

Andy Blumenthal

Mar 1, 2026, 3:30 AM

Goodbye Khamenei (It’s Hard to Die)

Goodbye Khamenei, it’s hard to die, With all the F-35s flying in the sky. We’ve known each other since 1979, When the radical Islamic Republic crossed the line. You built your power on hate and fear, A regime of terror year after year. From the...

Feb 20, 2026, 11:05 PM

To say that last February 20 was a dark day would be the understatement of the year. It was a dark day that we could see coming, facing inevitable heartbreak that we could try to intellectually imagine yet still not...

David Rosh Pina

Feb 17, 2026, 6:32 PM

On Political Messaging

2026 Antisemitism Conference in Jerusalem, by David Rosh Pina

I remember well that when I was studying at the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, we went to classes in the neighboring music school. Steven Spielberg and George Lucas had made a prodigious donation to the...

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