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The American Jewish establishment is in a bind. An organized community that cannot tolerate any dissent will lose its dissenting members, deepening its resistance to alternate views and making it less able to exert any influence outside the community

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A new history of the 113-year-old advocacy group highlights its lifelong history of Zionist antagonism toward the left. Early on there was an antagonism by German Jewish leaders already here to the mass of Jewish immigrants newly arriving

Molly Crabapple's inspirational history of the Bund reminded me of the many ways in which the self-styled "Jewish State" is a monument to hatred (of Jews as well as of Palestinians).

After a rowdy protest outside a real estate event at Park East Synagogue, Mayor Zohran Mamdani was widely criticized for supporting the protest by condemning the sale of West Bank properties. But the criticisms don’t stand up to scrutiny.

Is this a prelude to asking for the names of all Black people on campus who could have experienced or witnessed racism in the workplace? Or all women, queers, or trans people? Probably not – that would be woke DEI and critical race theory stuff.

By conflating "Israel" and "Jews," these institutions are exposing American Jews to an antisemitic mass politics we haven’t had to worry about for a long time.

As Francisco Franco’s reputation grows on the far right, a new history of his regime reminds us of its unrelenting violence.

It’s a confounding time to be Muslim in this country. A degree of Muslim culture I would have never thought possible when I was a kid is now imbued in the lexicon of Americans. I’m still a little shocked every time I hear non-Muslims say “inshallah.”

Polling shows mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani in a commanding lead with Jewish New Yorkers, but you won’t read about it in the paper of record.