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We need to talk about that honey scene in ‘Marty Supreme’
There are a lot of jarring scenes in Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s movie about a young Jew in the 1950’s willing to do anything to secure his spot in table tennis history. There’s the one where Marty (Timothée Chalamet) gets spanked with a ping-pong paddle; there’s the one where a gas station explodes. And the…
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Egyptian-British Activist Apologizes for Antisemitic Social Media Posts as Police Launch Review
Prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, who was released from prison after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi issued a presidential pardon for him, gestures as family and friends gather at home in Giza, Egypt, Sept. 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany Activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, freed from prison in Egypt and now in Britain,…
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Three Turkish Police, six Islamic State Terrorists Killed in Clash, Amid National Crackdown
Turkish gendarmerie special forces team leaves the site where Turkish security forces launched an operation on a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants, and where, according to state media, seven officers were wounded in a clash, in Yalova province, Turkey, Dec. 29, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Umit Bektas Three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State terrorists were killed in a gunfight in…
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Australia Says Bondi Review to Check if Terror Attack Could Have Been Averted
People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honor the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 16, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Brancaleone Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday an independent review into law enforcement agencies set up after the Bondi mass…
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Hamas Confirms Deaths This Year of Armed Wing Spokesperson Abu Ubaida, Gaza Chief Sinwar
A poster of Abu Ubaida, the spokesman of the al-Qassam Brigades, is carried by university students during a rally to show support for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the recent Houthi strikes on ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 31, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah The…
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China Opposes Recognition of Somaliland After Israel’s Announcement, Affirms Support for Somalia
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian attends a press conference in Beijing, China, April 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang China opposes any attempt to split territories in Somalia, the foreign ministry in Beijing said on Monday, three days after Israel became the first country to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent state. “No country should encourage…
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Conservative influencers Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens sharply increased anti-Israel rhetoric in 2025, study finds
Top conservative influencers Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens have significantly ramped-up anti-Israel rhetoric on their platforms over the past year, according to a new study by the Jewish People Policy Institute. The study by the Jerusalem based think tank, published Monday, comes as alarm over growing antisemitism from the right has reached a fever pitch…
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A Jewish-American exile behind the Iron Curtain, he never lost his love for East Germany
Three thousand miles from his New York City home, as the August dawn broke over the Austrian landscape, 24-year-old Army draftee Stephen Wechsler took off his shoes, waded into the Danube River, and began to swim. He struggled at first, then realized the current was carrying him toward his destination: the Soviet zone of occupied…
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Candace Owens and the Dangerous Myth of ‘Talmudic Jews’
Candace Owens speaks at CPAC on March 2, 2023. Photo: Lev Radin via Reuters Connect In a recent viral video responding to Ben Shapiro’s accurate description of her long-standing pattern of spreading baseless fear and animus, Candace Owens urged her audience to “wake up” about Jews, Judaism, and what she called “Talmudic Jews.” As part…
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We Need Elie Wiesel’s ‘Against Despair’ Right Now
The late Professor Elie Wiesel, speaking at the Algemeiner’s 40th anniversary gala, on April 22, 2013. Photo: Sarah Rogers / Algemeiner. As antisemitism is again surging across the world, it can feel frightening and isolating to be Jewish. The familiar question returns: how do we hold on to our identity and our pride, when the…
