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Is this new novel too Jewish to be hailed for its brilliance?

Long Island Compromise is not just Jewish – it’s JEWISH

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Taffy Brodesser-Akner, author of Long Island Compromise (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Greta Thunberg wearing a keffiyeh scarf is removed by police outside the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. (Photo by JOHAN NILSSON/TT/TT NEWS AGENCY/AFP via Getty Images)

Welcome to The Omnicause, the fatberg of activism

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OJ Simpson on trial in Los Angeles in 1995 (VINCE BUCCI/AFP via Getty Images)

The Gaza war has reignited the same racial conflicts raised by the OJ trial

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Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. Thousands of Palestinians sought refuge on October 14 after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip before an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week on from the deadliest attack in Israeli history. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Get a grip Britain, you don’t need to copy America’s campus hate

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Why I’m no longer talking to non-Jews about October 7

Every Jew, liberal or conservative, finds themselves having the same conversation with non-Jews, over and over

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January 10, 2024 11:33

Why I’m no longer talking to non-Jews about October 7

Owen Jones isn’t a journalist — he’s simply a propagandist

How did it became so right-on for people on the left to denigrate women and Jews?

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December 5, 2023 14:45

Owen Jones isn’t a journalist — he’s simply a propagandist

Next time Sisters Uncut protest about Gaza, perhaps they could take a look at Hamas's record on women's rights

The so-called feminist group's demonstration at Liverpool Street Station on Tuesday shows just how confused they are about their mission

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November 1, 2023 16:22

Next time Sisters Uncut protest about Gaza, perhaps they could take a look at Hamas's record on women's rights

Never mind the news, I told my children. Here’s some ice cream

To shelter your children or build their resilience is the dilemma Jews face

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October 12, 2023 13:07

The New West End Synagogue is pictured in Bayswater, West London on March 3, 2009. The synagogue is to receive money from the English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) as part of a Â£15.5 million plan to support urgent repair work to 150 Grade I and II listed places of worship across England. AFP PHOTO/Leon Neal (Photo credit should read Leon Neal/AFP via Getty Images)

Hadley Freeman: Jews don't make New Year's resolutions, but here are mine

Too much shopping at Panzer's, overdosing on Seinfeld... Jews tend to welcome the annual milestone with remorse

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September 14, 2023 09:08

Planning a Jewish family break? Try a traumatising trip to Paris!

Israel is out of reach as a holiday destination for most American Jews. Alternatives include pensioner-packed Miami or the French capital.

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August 17, 2023 10:19

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How has America still not had a Jewish president?

Let's face it, Mel Brooks would clearly be the best option

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July 20, 2023 10:22

How has America still not had a Jewish president?

Corbyn and McCluskey will do for poetry what they did for the Labour Party

The former Labour leader's new collection will be patronising and dull

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June 22, 2023 10:59

BRIGHTON, ENGLAND - JULY 13: Jeremy Corbyn, Leader of Labour Party, stands next to Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Unite, and waves to the crowd after speaking at the bi-annual Unite policy conference at the Brighton Centre on July 13, 2016 in Brighton, England. The Labour Party's ruling body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), announced last night that Mr Corbyn would automatically be on the ballot without the backing of 51 of his MPs. Mr Corbyn's leadership is to be contested by Owen Smith, the former shadow work and pensions secretary, and Angela Eagle, the former shadow business secretary. Labour members who joined after January 12, 2016 will not eligible to vote meaning that a claimed 100,000 new party members will be excluded from the process. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

Sorry, Martin Amis, for being such a schmuck

In a world of irritating philosemites, Martin Amis was a nice one

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May 22, 2023 13:23

370799 02: Author Martin Amis poses for a photographer June 12, 2000 at a book signing at the Beverly Hills Library in Beverly Hills, CA. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Online USA)

The profound wrongness of Diane Abbott

No, Diane Abbott, racism didn’t begin and end with Rosa Parks

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April 24, 2023 14:43

Would Jonah Hill have saved Kanye West if his name was still Feldstein?

The fact that so many in Hollywood still de-Jew their names shows there's a limit to our acceptance

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March 28, 2023 16:20

Would Jonah Hill have saved Kanye West if his name was still Feldstein?

We still believe in Israel’s dream even if the reality is such sadness

Worries about the current political situation won't blow me off course from my core belief in liberal Zionism

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March 9, 2023 13:34

Israelis march as they protest against the Israeli government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 4, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** מחאה נגד הרפורמה המשפטית ברחובות ת"א תל אביב הפגנה דגלי ישראל צעדה

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Hadley Freeman

Latest from Hadley Freeman

Is this new novel too Jewish to be hailed for its brilliance?

Welcome to The Omnicause, the fatberg of activism

The Gaza war has reignited the same racial conflicts raised by the OJ trial

Get a grip Britain, you don’t need to copy America’s campus hate

More from Hadley Freeman

Why I’m no longer talking to non-Jews about October 7

Owen Jones isn’t a journalist — he’s simply a propagandist

Next time Sisters Uncut protest about Gaza, perhaps they could take a look at Hamas's record on women's rights

Never mind the news, I told my children. Here’s some ice cream

Hadley Freeman: Jews don't make New Year's resolutions, but here are mine

Planning a Jewish family break? Try a traumatising trip to Paris!

How has America still not had a Jewish president?

Corbyn and McCluskey will do for poetry what they did for the Labour Party

Sorry, Martin Amis, for being such a schmuck

The profound wrongness of Diane Abbott

Would Jonah Hill have saved Kanye West if his name was still Feldstein?

We still believe in Israel’s dream even if the reality is such sadness