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Why Can’t the Jews Teach Their Children How to Speak Hebrew? » Mosaic
American Jewry has spent over $100 million in Hebrew education. The results are far from impressive.
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When Students Become Terrorists | The Free Press
The Weather Underground railed against the establishment. Today’s campus protesters are supported by it. Call them the Weather Overground.
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A Stupid Cartoon and the University Ideology - Liberties
Among the thousand currents of the university turmoil during these last several months, the tiny ripple that most securely caught my eye was a distinctly minor scandal at Harvard back in February, which caused not a single broken window or student riot or
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“The red star returns,” by Gary Saul Morson
Gary Saul Morson on the specter of communism.
Books | Books
Books | Books
Book Review | With Critics Like These, Israel Will Be Fine
Despite some solid reportage, these two new books by anti-Zionist academics fail to grapple with the best arguments for Zionism.
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The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books
To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.
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Who Is Elena Ferrante, Really? - The New York Times
The pseudonymous Italian author has become a worldwide phenomenon. But speculation about who she really is has followed her for years.
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Love Them or Hate Them, This Couple Reign in Russian Literature
For Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, translating together extended naturally from their relationship as husband and wife. Now, it is their life’s work.
Politics | Politics
Politics | Politics
Advocacy Workshops, Anti-Racist Audits: Inside a Top Medical School’s Radical Curriculum Overhaul
On November 16, 2023, just before 8:00 a.m., hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters formed a human chain across the San Francisco Bay Bridge, blocking all westbound traffic and trapping tens of thousands of vehicles in a five-mile backup. Among those vehi
Politics | Politics
How the Regime Captured Wikipedia
inside the cultural revolution at wikipedia, which pivoted it from a decentralized database of all the
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Is Permanent Peace For Israel Even Possible?
Can a war be won while a deeply buried root of hatred remains? The ongoing conflict surrounding Israel provides us with a case study.
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Last Night’s Pogrom in Amsterdam
Israeli soccer fans were ambushed, beaten, and pleaded with their assailants: “not Jewish, not Jewish.” I grew up in the Netherlands. I wasn’t surprised.
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We Are All Imperialists Now | ARC: Religion, Politics, Et Cetera
One of the oddest features of the university pro-Palestine protests since the October 7 massacre a year ago has been the habit of attaching to the Palestinian cause any number of seemingly unrelated causes. Adam Kirsch, the literary critic and poet, has b
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Elwood Edwards, Voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve Got Mail!’ Alert, Dies at 74
Early in the internet era, he was also behind other AOL messages, including “Welcome!” “They said my voice was heard more than 35 million times a day,” he once said.
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Filmmaker’s Private Archive Rekindles Debate Over Her Nazi Ties
Recent access to Leni Riefenstahl’s estate has prompted new discussions in Germany about her politics and a reconsideration of her photographs of the Nuba people in Sudan.
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The Death of American Exceptionalism
What it means that most young people in the U.S. no longer believe their country is anything special
