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The Use and Abuse of “Genocide” by Those Who Should Know Better
By PhilologosMany people are delighted to be told that Israel is doing to the Palestinians of Gaza exactly what the Nazis did to the Jews of Europe.
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The Quest for Wisdom, Truth, and Virtue at the University of Dallas
By Jonathan J. SanfordCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Western Civilization and the Jews: A Shared History
By Steven H. FrankelCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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How Islamism Took Over the Middle East
By Ze'ev Maghen, Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, Bernard HaykelCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Today’s Jihadism Uses Ancient Vocabulary, but Its Ideas Are Modern
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Hamas Didn’t Need to Learn Violence from Frantz Fanon
By Martin KramerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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Jihadism Is a Modern Philosophy, but Its Islamic Roots Run Deep
By Daniel SonnenfeldCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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No, the Israeli Minister of Defense Didn't Suggest Creating a Concentration Camp in Gaza
By PhilologosThe problem with history is not that it has no lessons but that the ones it has can be read in opposite ways.
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How Mosaics Got Their Name, and How “Mosaic” Got Its
By PhilologosMoses, the muses, and an early-1960s Jewish magazine at Harvard.
Monthly Essay ·
The Enchantment of the Arab Mind
By Hussein Aboubakr MansourToday’s Islamism promises authenticity but is postmodern in form, postcolonial in posture, and pretends to retrieve the sacred through the techniques of the profane.
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Do Kippot and Keffiyehs Share an Etymology?
By PhilologosOnly one was a mark of prestige for ancient rabbis.
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Ancient Jerusalem Reborn: The Discovery of the City of David—and the Palestinian Effort to Erase It
By Doron Spielman, Jonathan SilverCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Forgotten Story behind the “Deep State”
By PhilologosThe real network of criminals, secret police, and dissident officers that transformed the Ottoman empire.
Monthly Essay ·
The Parking Lot That Determined the Future of Jerusalem’s Past
By Doron SpielmanIn the 1860s, a British explorer discovered the City of David. Fifteen years ago, the Palestinian Authority tried to stop those who wanted to follow in his footsteps.
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Rescuing the Classroom from the High-Tech Takeover
By Mathis Bitton, Jack SadlerCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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For Today’s Children, Screens Are Becoming Formative Institutions
By Christine RosenCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Ed-Tech Revolution: A View from the Frontlines
By Miriam KrupkaCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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The Blood Libel Is Very Old, but the Term Is Surprisingly New
By PhilologosThere’s no more point in arguing with the UN about Israel than there is in arguing about whether Jews really kill Christians for their blood.
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“In That Basic Sense the Zionists Were Right”: A Conversation with Irving Howe
By Edward GrossmanAn American Jewish intellectual considers Israel, American Jewry, and anti-Semitism.
Monthly Essay ·
Standing Athwart the Ed-Tech Revolution
By Mathis Bitton, Jack SadlerJewish schools can illuminate the tradeoffs of screen-mediated learning, and show the country how to refocus on education’s higher purposes.
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“Get the Jew”: The Crown Heights Riot Revisited
By Michael Pack, Elliot Kaufman, Jonathan SilverWatch or read our discussion with Elliot Kafuman and Michael Pack about the new documentrary on the 1991 pogrom in Brooklyn, and what it means for American Jewry today.
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The Origins of “Tariff,” the Most International of Words
By PhilologosBrought from Arabic via Algerian pirates and Italian merchants, it only acquired its current meaning at the end of the 18th century.
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The Golden Age of American Jewry Hasn’t Ended. It May Have Just Begun
By Rabbi Meir SoloveichikWhat Winston Churchill and Jerry Seinfeld can teach us about the challenges we face.
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Is Baruch Spinoza the Founder of Modern Anti-Semitism?
By Henry MechoulanBlinded by hatred, the Dutch philosopher dressed ancient prejudices in the garb of reason.
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American Renewal: The Nehemiah Option
By Yuval LevinRebuilding our culture with a trowel in one hand and a sword in the other.
Observation ·
How the Jews Remain an Eternal People
By Dr. Ruth WisseWe Jews are the blue and white in the red, white, and blue.
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Did the First Thanksgiving Involve the Word “Thanksgiving”?
By PhilologosThe word was invented in translating the Psalm recited by the Pilgrims.
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Evaluating the American Jewish Response to October 7: With Jack Wertheimer, Armin Rosen, and Andres Spokoiny
By The EditorsCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
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October 7 and the Battle for the West
By Arthur HermanWhy Jews matter.
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The Strategic Failures of October 7, One Year Later: A Symposium
By The EditorsCommitted to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.
