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August 29, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin and Viral Misinformation about Jews

The chase for clicks can abet anti-Semitism.

Last week, Yevgeny Prigozhin—the former leader of the Russian proxy military group Wagner—died in a plane mishap that was almost certainly retribution for his attempted mutiny in June. Since his death, headlines have appeared in Jewish publications claiming that Prigozhin had, or might have had, Jewish ancestry. Tom Gross puts paid to these claims, and traces their proliferation:

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August 29, 2023

  1. Australia Fixates on the Jewish State While Ignoring Iranian Wrongdoing

    And withdraws recognition of the Israeli capital.

  2. The Story behind Israel’s Diplomatic Overture to Libya

    And the reasons it backfired.

  3. Yevgeny Prigozhin and Viral Misinformation about Jews

    The chase for clicks can abet anti-Semitism.

  4. How the Hebrew Bible’s Revolutionary Political Wisdom Shaped the Modern World

    And what we can learn from it today.

  5. A Massive Ancient Aqueduct Sheds Light on the History of Hellenistic Jerusalem

    One of “the largest and most complex water systems” of its time.