antisemitism Archives

28 Mar

Latest, World

Learning From the Swastika Epidemic of 1959

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Nadine Epstein

April 25, 2017

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I feel oddly comforted by remembering that, while purveyors of anti-Jewish sentiments have always pressed their advantage during unsettled political times, they always vanish back into their netherworlds.

06 Mar

2017 March-April, From the Editor

From The Editor — March/April 2017

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Nadine Epstein

January 28, 2019

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When I left off writing in our last issue, anti-Semitism had made a startling comeback in the United States, and Steve Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart News, was about to be installed as chief strategist to the new man in the White House.

12 Jan

2017 January-February, World

The Polish Republic of Untruth

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Konstanty Gebert

January 28, 2019

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It didn’t take long for the recently elected government to have a troubling impact on the state of the country’s democracy.

Woodcut from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle depicting the alleged ritual murder of an Italian boy

05 Jan

2017 January-February, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Jewish Word, Jewish World

Jewish Word // Blood libel

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Amy E. Schwartz

July 25, 2019

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In September, Josh Marshall of the online political news outlet Talking Points Memo reached for an unexpected metaphor to express his disgust at Donald Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric...

05 Jan

2017 January-February, Jewish World

Letter From Whitefish

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Moment

October 9, 2020

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A reporter visits the Montana resort town where a vicious neo-Nazi campaign is targeting Jews.

05 Jan

Uncategorized

Opinion // Trump’s Not the End of the World

Posted by

Marshall Breger

January 28, 2019

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The Jewish community can learn from its fears of Ronald Reagan’s presidency.

Part of an anti-Jewish flyer found on the street

05 Jan

2017 January-February, From the Editor

From The Editor // January-February, 2017

Posted by

Nadine Epstein

January 28, 2019

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Washington has had unseasonably warm weather, with leaves clinging to branches and roses blooming into the first weeks of winter. But the winds of political change have also blown into the nation’s capital.

15 Dec

Latest

Jewish Life in Trump’s America

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Ellen Wexler

August 14, 2019

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After Donald Trump gave his victory speech in the early-morning hours of Nov. 9, we asked readers a few questions: How do you feel? What does the future look like? What will it mean to be Jewish in Trump’s America?

Jewish-Muslim peace speakers advocate to stop anti-Muslim bigotry

10 Nov

Latest

Spread Hummus, Not Hate: A Call for Peace

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Marissa Fox

July 11, 2017

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The stickers read “Spread Hummus, Not Hate.” On the American University quad Oct. 20, people wore them as a reminder that we all have a part in conflict resolution.

20 Jul

2016 July-August, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine

The Curious Case of Dorothy L. Sayers & the Jew Who Wasn’t There

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Amy E. Schwartz

April 12, 2017

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A devoted reader examines the‭ ‬odd relationship between the so-called queen of British detective fiction and her Jewish characters‭.‬

05 Mar

Uncategorized

Book Review // Disraeli: The Novel Politician

Posted by

Norman Gelb

May 9, 2017

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David Cesarani’s succinct new biography of preeminent Victorian statesman and novelist Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), Disraeli: The Novel Politician, challenges the commonly held view of Disraeli as having played a heroic role in Jewish history.

05 Nov

2015 November-December, Jewish World

Putin’s Jews

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Konstanty Gebert

April 7, 2017

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Mina Yuditskaya Berliner, a retired teacher of German, could be forgiven for feeling surprised when one of her former students invited her for tea after almost half a century. Berliner, now 94, hadn’t seen him since she made aliyah to Israel from the USSR in 1973. But in 2005, the former student came to Israel to visit—an official visit, no less, the first ever made by a Soviet or Russian leader.