In a new book, German artist and writer Philipp Ruch argues that viewing the ascent of Hitler’s NSDAP through the prism of the Third Reich has distorted our understanding of fascism’s electoral breakthrough

One of the country’s most popular novelists writes what she calls socially engaged fiction. In Barbara Kingsolver’s new book, she considers the role of art—and who it’s for.

המוני תושבי קריית אתא לצד רבים מחסידי מאקאווא חגגו השבוע בהכנסת ספר תורה לבית מדרשו של הגה"צ גאב"ד מאקאווא | בראש הרבנים שהשתתפו נצפה חתנו, הרה"צ רבי אהרן מרדכי רוקח מבעלזא, לצד רבנים נוספים ממרחבי הצפון | לאחר הכנסת הספר לתיבת ארון הקודש, הסבו הקהל לסעודת…

At the same time Jared Kushner has negotiated in the war in Gaza, his company has held the largest stake in a firm backing businesses involved in Israel’s military campaigns.

Mendy Kletzky of Brooklyn has 90 days to sell the 18 rental properties he still owns in Syracuse.

A lawyer for 35-year-old Yehonatan Ovadia said his arrest by ICE demonstrates how "equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism produces absurd results."

 

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The latest doc from the Danish filmmaker and producer Maiken Baird (‘Icarus’) examines Said’s role in reframing the Palestinian struggle.

The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide.

מבחוץ החיים מתנהלים כסדרם - העבודה, הלימוד, החברים והחיוך הנסוך על הפנים. אך מאחורי שגרת היומיום מסתתרת התמודדות שקטה: המורכבות במעגל השידוכים האינסופי, חוסר ההבנה מהסביבה, והכמיהה הפשוטה והבסיסית ביותר להקים בית

“NAZA” has a unique ability to persuade those in denial of the horrors of Gaza.

One of our fun side characters in local news and politics may have turned the NY 42nd District Senate Race into a sideshow.

At 15, Zaid was separated from his parents, beaten, and starved. He is just one of hundreds of Palestinian children detained amid a post-Oct. 7 surge.

On morning service from Dubai to Tel Aviv, 150 passengers witnessed a horrific cockpit assault and a daring rescue

Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse violent demonstrators in Rome as tens of thousands pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets in European cities and around the globe, calling for a cease-fire as the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks…

“And the people is broken into fragments.” Ahad Ha- Am “This is Not the Way” (1899)

Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy