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If your “America First” politics weaken America’s allies and treat Jewish Americans as foreigners, what exactly are you putting first? tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

America First doesn’t mean America alone. Israel strengthens American power, while antisemitism undermines it—and America’s founding principles. @doranimated on the growing divide within the American right. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

1.5 million Jews fought the Nazis. Their courage deserves to be remembered alongside their people’s suffering. Israel’s Museum of the Jewish Soldier in WWII tells their stories. A powerful reminder: Jewish history is also a story of resistance and victory.

France’s students are losing faith in their future. @marcweitzmann asks what happens when these grievances collide with political extremism and antisemitism.

Safiyyah bint Huyayy is remembered as Muhammad’s Jewish wife. But what of the Jewish world she came from—its scholars, poets, laws and traditions? Her story asks us to recover the Jews of Arabia as people with a history of their own. tabletmag.com/sections/histo…

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“Einstein remained until the end a passionate defender of Israel and seeker of peace–and a strong believer that the two causes were not mutually exclusive, but rather mutually reinforcing.” Read more: tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

Could the war with Iran flare up again after the midterms? And what exactly is Trump’s strategy? @Doranimated and @GadiTaub1 discuss on Israel Update:

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Muslim Brotherhood-aligned networks are using Canada’s democratic institutions to advance an anti-democratic agenda—and anti-racism to deflect scrutiny. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

One year ago today the last living hostages were brought home.

From Amsterdam’s 17th-century Esnoga to Tel Aviv’s striking modernist towers, nine extraordinary synagogues reveal the beauty, creativity, and diversity of Jewish architecture across centuries. A stunning architectural journey by Samuel D. Gruber. tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

From Ohio to Tel Aviv, the most interesting and dazzling shul designs tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

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…