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France’s student riots reveal more than political collapse. From Palestinian flags to chants glorifying terrorists, @marcweitzmann examines the darker forces driving the unrest. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

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Our existence does not depend on a vote in the United Nations. It depends on our own belief in the righteousness of Jewish civilization.” —Natan Sharansky tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

Is it really possible that the whole world is wrong and the Jews are right? “It is possible,” Ahad Ha’am answered, “and the blood libel proves it.” A consensus, however broad, does not make a lie true. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

Can the whole world be wrong? As the Nobel Peace Prize lends new legitimacy to accusations of genocide against Israel, Natan Sharansky revisits an old lesson: Consensus is not truth. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

"Vance and Carlson maintain that hating Jews for their immutable ethnic identity is immoral and anti-Christian, but criticizing Jews or Israel collectively is not necessarily antisemitic—even, it appears, when such criticism rests on outright lies." tabletmag.com/the-scroll/art…

At a voodoo market in Togo, Armin Rosen witnesses an animal sacrifice and confronts an unsettling question: What separates Judaism’s ancient sacrificial rites from the idolatry it forbids? A journey into the blood, mystery, and meaning of worship. ✍️ @ArminRosen

‘I’ve found a home on the progressive left for years—even after I noticed a common blind spot around Jewish issues. But the reaction to the murderous attacks on Israeli civilians was the final straw.’ tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

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October 7 happened weeks before Israel's ground invasion BTW. x.com/Reuters/status…

“Zionism was never an undifferentiated mass of ill intent with only theft and conquest on its mind. It was an idea, a longing, a necessity to some, and a wild fancy to others, and it probably never struck two Jews or sympathetic non-Jews the same way. To argue otherwise is bad

At UC San Diego, civil rights complaints about antisemitism and racial discrimination disappeared into a bureaucratic black hole. How universities turn compliance offices into mechanisms for burying complaints rather than enforcing civil rights law: tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

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“The charge of genocide leveled at Israel, a charge that invariably comes with the pseudo-authoritative definite article—the genocide, to muffle dissent and to rejig the hierarchy of genocides in favor of Israel’s victims—could be said to be the biggest lie of all. It does not x.com/tabletmag/stat…

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“The bacillus of antisemitic mendacity thrives out of time, Jews or no Jews.” tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

From poisoned wells and blood libels to the modern disfiguring of Zionism, Howard Jacobson on the astonishing staying power of the Jew as an idea, and the lies that refuse to die.

For decades, Ruth Wisse warned that antisemitism had not disappeared, that Jewish powerlessness was no virtue, and that liberal societies were dangerously reluctant to confront their enemies. At 90, she has tells @liel: “We are not fighting antisemitism. We are fighting jihad.”

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“Can you defend yourself?” That’s one of the survival tests @alananewhouse laid out in March. Today, Israeli passengers helped overpower a copilot who tried to crash their Dubai–Tel Aviv flight. One used his aviation experience to pull back the controls; a dentist helped x.com/alananewhouse/…

At Entebbe, Israel rescued Anne Neuberger’s parents because they were Jews. She spent nearly two decades protecting Americans in return. Fifty years later, their family story reveals how deliverance became obligation. tabletmag.com/sections/belie…

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In a plane hijacking on a flight from Dubai, Israelis once again show that survival depends on the ability and willingness to fight for one another. Can the rest of the West say the same? x.com/foxnews/status…

How much would you pay for an etrog? $300? $500? For Sukkot, Tablet visits the etrog market to meet the sellers and growers behind it, as buyers inspect each fruit for its shape, color, and even the smallest blemish. For many, finding the right etrog is a way to beautify a

Across the developed world, birth rates have collapsed. But Israel is the only clear exception. What explains the Israeli fertility anomaly, and can it last? tabletmag.com/sections/israe…

At Entebbe, Israeli commandos rescued Anne Neuberger’s parents. Fifty years later, her father remembers a miracle sustained by the prayers of the Jewish people; she sees a debt to protect others. For one family, deliverance became obligation. @MyShtender