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June 3, 2024

A Blacklisted Jewish Writer Responds to Her Critics

“Could you formulate your position?”

Last Wednesday’s newsletter described how Jews are being hounded in the literary world if they refuse to display their anti-Israel credentials. Recently the Israeli author Dina Rubina confronted an especially egregious example of this trend after being asked to give a Zoom talk about her novels by London’s Pushkin House, a prestigious center for Russian literature. The session’s prospective moderator sent Rubina a note citing “critical messages” about the event and asking her “to formulate her position” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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June 3, 2024

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    While the U.S. held Israel back, Hamas had time to fortify its defenses.

  2. How Palestinians Have Trapped Themselves

    A nation specializing in self-flagellation confronts one that sees only black and white.

  3. A Blacklisted Jewish Writer Responds to Her Critics

    “Could you formulate your position?”

  4. The Marrano Who Found a Lost Israelite Tribe in the Colonial Andes

    The incredible story of Antonio de Montezinos.

  5. Hollywood’s Crisis of Jewish Masculinity

    A rogues’ gallery of profoundly unlikeable characters.