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When people claim Jesus was Palestinian, they’re not just wrong, they’re erasing Jewish history

UN would call Jesus a Jewish settler if he were alive today

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Baby Jesus on a Keffiyeh nativity scene at the Vatican (Getty)

A photo Ayatollah Ali Khameini in Iran (Getty Images)

Kasra Aarabi

By Kasra Aarabi

I spoke to Khamenei’s footsoldiers. He is in trouble.

Fault lines are emerging in the IRGC over the handling of Syria

3 min read

President-elect Donald Trump: poised to crack down on US universities (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Nick Cohen

American Jews, beware of being used by Trump

Will those who feared for freedom of speech under illiberal woke culture feel as worried when the new President implements a right wing version of cancellation?

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Pro-Palestinian activists protesting in front of Tisch Hospital in New York City. ( Getty)

Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

The antisemitism rooted in the US healthcare system

It’s not just the NHS, can American Jews trust their doctors?

3 min read

Yaakov Katz

On trial for corruption yet humiliating Israel’s enemies: The two faces of Bibi Netanyahu

Despite his flaws, has played an undeniable role in reshaping Israel

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Matthew Schultz

By Matthew Schultz

The US left’s ‘joy’ over the murder of Brian Thompson comes as no surprise to Jews

This is the same moral universe that delivered students cosplaying Hamas fighters

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Michael Pinto-Duschinsky

By Michael Pinto-Duschinsky

There are grounds for optimism in Slovakia – but we cannot turn a blind eye to surviving antisemitism

I was struck on my recent visit by philosemitism, but the picture is not entirely rosy

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