If you’re Jewish in these very crazy times, your heart is, like mine, probably alternating between total pain, total joy, and about eight other competing emotions. How do we fit in all these conflicting feelings – in this pivotal time of…
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The Blogs: The demonization of dissent | Laura Kam
In both the United States and Israel, a disturbing symmetry has emerged in the way leaders under investigation, under pressure, or due to their character, speak about their critics. In each country, supporters of Donald Trump and Benjamin…
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The Blogs: The Maghreb’s Time Bomb: Why Peace with Morocco Can Trigger an Algeria Implosion | Amine Ayoub
North Africa stands on the edge of a historic shift. For decades, a cold war between Morocco and Algeria has suffocated the Maghreb’s potential, trapping millions in stagnation. Now, thanks to Washington’s bold strategic alignment with…
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The Blogs: After the celebrations fade into the background | Jonathan Shavit
A moment we have all waited for, since October 7, 2023. The return of the hostages, living and deceased. The opportunity for the last ones to be reunited with their loved ones; the solace for families aching to bury their beloved. It has…
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The Blogs: Congratulate Trump, Defeat Trump and Trumpism – The Dissonance | Hillel Schenker
There are two toxic words for Israeli liberal democrats, someone said at a recent meeting of Israeli and Palestinian peace activists: “genocide” and “Trump.”
I don’t intend to deal with the “genocide” question in this article….
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The Blogs: Mahmood’s £10m sermon on selective virtue | Bepi Pezzulli
When the British Home Secretary confuses her ministerial pulpit with a Friday sermon, something has gone wrong in the secular order. Shabana Mahmood’s £10 million pledge to “protect Muslim communities” was pitched as inclusivity; in…
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The Blogs: Saudi Arabia’s camel milk revolution vs. Israel’s missed ppportunity | Rafi Glick
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stated over the weekend:
“If the Saudis want normalization on the condition that a Palestinian state be established — no thank you. Let them continue riding camels while we continue to…Continue Reading
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The Blogs: Q. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Mamdani? | Abe Gurko
A. Vote for Andrew Cuomo.
When inexperience meets moral arrogance, the result isn’t leadership — it’s lunacy. New York deserves better than performative politics dressed in progressive drag.
The final debate between Cuomo, Mamdani, and…
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The Blogs: The Battle for the University: Why I Chose ASMEA Over MESA | Tim Orr
This is the second year I’ve chosen to attend the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa ASMEA Conference instead of the Middle East Studies Association Conference (MESA). The first time, I made the decision guided by a…
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The Blogs: Uncle Sam Wants You! | Bennett M. Epstein
My great-Uncle Izzy, who was born in Berditchev and whose English trailed his Yiddish by at least an ocean, once sent a postcard from the Bronx to his nephew, Phil, who was serving in combat somewhere in Europe, having landed with the US Army…
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