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How ‘holding space’ became a post-Oct. 7 mantra of grief and comfort
As Sukkot and the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks approached, I received separate emails from two different Jewish organizations with what to me was an unfamiliar use of the word “holding.” The first, from the progressive group New Jewish Narrative, had the subject line “Holding complexity on October 7th.” The second, from the women’s…
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NYC mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa has a mixed record with Jews. Catch up on it here.
Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City, is best known for founding the Guardian Angels — and he credits a Jewish group with inspiring the movement. As a teenager going to high school in Crown Heights, a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, Sliwa says that he saw a group of men chasing…
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On Paramount+, Apple TV, HBO and more, Oct. 7 emerges as a cinematic subgenre
Two years after the Hamas attacks on Israel, the tragedy of Oct. 7 has become its own cinematic sub-genre. Filmmakers have rushed to bear witness, survivors have taken up cameras, and streaming platforms are now filled with documentaries and dramatizations that revisit, reimagine, and attempt to process the day’s horrors. From raw documentaries of the…
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Andrew Cuomo said antisemitism was his ‘most important issue.’ What does his record say?
At an Upper West Side synagogue in April, Andrew Cuomo pronounced “the most important issue” in his campaign for mayor of New York City: antisemitism. The former governor has centered an appeal to Jewish New Yorkers as he seeks to defeat the race’s frontrunner, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, a staunch critic of Israel. In the same…
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Before Oct. 7, a rabbi and imam at Syracuse were building bridges. After the attacks, more students joined them.
At Syracuse University, Adam Baltaxe held an unlikely role: the Muslim Student Association’s lone Jewish member. Baltaxe, who graduated last spring, was a fixture at the Muslim group’s events — eating at potlucks, attending religious services, even giving a speech at the group’s Eid celebration — while also serving on Hillel’s executive board. His interest…
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Yiddish detective stories from Galicia, now in English
קינדװײַז האָט יצחק באַשעװיס גיריק געשלונגען מעשׂיות װעגן דעם ייִדישן דעטעקטיװ מאַקס שפּיצקאָפּף. דער װינער „קעניג פֿון דעטעקטיװן“ האָט געקענט אױספּלאָנטערן די שװערסטע און סאַמע מיסטעריעזע פֿאַרברעכנס און אַזױ אַרום אױך ראַטעװען אומשולדיקע ייִדן פֿון כּלערלײ צרות. דעם דאָזיקן טשיקאַװען פֿאַקט פֿון באַשעװיסעס ביאָגראַפֿיע דערמאָנט מיכל יאַשינסקי אין דער הקדמה צו „אַװאַנטורעס פֿון מאַקס שפּיצקאָפּף,…
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In a final interview, Jane Goodall said she wanted to send Netanyahu on a one-way trip to space
(JTA) — In one of her last interviews, renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall said that she wanted to send Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with several other world leaders she disliked, on a one-way trip to space. “There are people I don’t like. And I would like to put them on one of [Elon]…
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Cuomo reignites ‘globalize the intifada’ criticism of Mamdani ahead of Oct. 7 anniversary
This piece first ran as part of The Countdown, our daily newsletter rounding up all the developments in the New York City mayor’s race. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. There are 29 days to the election. Cuomo renews his approach Andrew Cuomo has renewed his reproach of Zohran Mamdani over the…
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Poll: 40% of American Jews believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Multiple polls have found that about 60% of Americans believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, a biting charge that Israel and the United States reject. Now, for the first time, a poll has taken the pulse of U.S. Jews specifically — and found that 39% of them hold the opinion. The new poll by…
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In a final interview, Jane Goodall said she wanted to send Netanyahu on a one-way trip to space
In one of her last interviews, renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall said that she wanted to send Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, along with several other world leaders she disliked, on a one-way trip to space. “There are people I don’t like. And I would like to put them on one of [Elon] Musk’s spaceships…
