Antisemitism
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#3947: When a Mayor Calls AIPAC Monsters: 370 Years of Jewish New York at a Crossroads
Eric Adams called AIPAC "monsters." Now Jewish families are quietly Googling Nefesh B'Nefesh. What's happening to the world's largest diaspora comm...
#3910: The Street That Told Him to Leave
When a Friday afternoon encounter reveals how religious extremism is reshaping Jerusalem's urban fabric.
#3857: Reincarnation Across World Religions: What Actually Comes Back?
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — who actually believes in coming back?
#3830: How a Jewish Newswire Became a Media Combatant
JNS is explicit about fighting an information war. How this newswire differs from the century-old JTA.
#3720: Why Chabad's Yellow Moshiach Flags Survived the Rebbe's Death
How a Hasidic movement reconciled its Rebbe's death with messianic belief — and what it reveals about Judaism vs. Christianity.
#3688: The Filioque & The Ladder: Inside the Great Schism
Why the Catholic and Orthodox churches split in 1054, what still divides them, and how it plays out in Jerusalem today.
#3681: Why We Dig Into Family History (Or Don't)
Why some people are drawn to genealogy while others avoid it — and what changes when we finally start asking questions.
#3679: The Hockey Enforcer Named Rosehill
The surprising story of a rare Jewish surname born in a Habsburg office and immortalized on NHL ice.
#3625: The Hitler Sitcom and Other TV Disasters
From a Hitler sitcom to Cop Rock, exploring TV’s most spectacular and bizarre failures.
#3608: The Lost Scent of the Temple: Incense in Jewish Tradition
How a core Temple ritual vanished from Jewish practice and became associated with other religions instead.
#3470: How Antisemitism Amplifies Online: Reality vs. Perception
Are we seeing more antisemitism, or just seeing it more? The data says both.
#3427: Can Coexistence Be Manufactured?
What 50 years of Neve Shalom and Hand in Hand schools teach us about forced integration in a divided land.
#3369: Why Viruses Are So Hard to Treat
Bacteria have unique targets. Viruses hijack your cells. That changes everything about treatment.
#3235: From 5% to 46%: The Jewish Diaspora's Great Inversion
How world Jewry went from 5% in Israel in 1900 to 46% today — and why the global population still hasn't recovered from 1939.
#3206: The Free Speech Fault Line: UK's Ban on Piker & Uygur
Why free speech absolutists defend letting controversial figures into the UK — and what history says about hate speech and violence.
#3161: Three Hatreds: Christian, Islamic, Anti-Zionist
Christian, Islamic, and progressive anti-Zionist anti-Semitism — three distinct hatreds with different roots and dangers.
#3156: The 2,000-Year Campaign to Ban Brit Milah
Belgium may ban non-medical circumcision for minors. This isn't new — states have tried for two millennia.
#3125: When Democracy Requires Door-Knocking
Why Irish politicians knock on doors while Israeli MKs don't — and what Canada, Japan, and Taiwan do instead.
#2957: The Fourth Ring of Jerusalem
How a 1,700-year-old community in Jerusalem is fighting for survival — and what the Cow Garden land dispute reveals.
#2772: Israelis Abroad: Beyond the Stigma of Yerida
Why do Israelis leave? And why does their departure carry such heavy moral baggage? The data tells a surprising story.
#2662: Did Judaism Ever Have Monks?
Did Judaism ever have monks? The Essenes and Therapeutae challenge the standard answer.
#2661: Monasticism's Great Migration
Catholic monastic life collapsed in the West but is growing fast in Africa and Asia. Here's the surprising global picture.
#2429: When "Believe Women" Has Exceptions
Why did feminist movements go silent on Hamas's sexual violence? A look at ideology, empathy, and whose suffering counts.
#2317: The Eternal City: Hebron's Cave of Secrets
Explore the ancient Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, a site where history, religion, and politics collide across millennia.