Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)
By Allison Kaplan Sommer (Haaretz)
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Fast Forward Why the author of ‘People Love Dead Jews’ is sorry her book is a huge hit
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Dara Horn may be enjoying the success of her book “People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present,” but she confesses that its popularity is also a bit disturbing. A part of her “wishes people liked it a little bit less, because…
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Fast Forward ‘I plan to be everyone’s president’: Isaac Herzog, son of Israel’s 6th president, elected its 11th
Isaac Herzog is set to become Israel’s 11th president after winning Wednesday’s election against Miriam Peretz, in a secret ballot among the country’s 120 lawmakers. Eighty-seven lawmakers voted for Herzog, while 27 voted for Peretz. He will officially replace outgoing President Reuven Rivlin next month, with his seven-year term beginning on July 9. “I plan…
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Breaking News ‘I plan to be everyone’s president’: Isaac Herzog, son of Israel’s 6th president, elected its 11th
Isaac Herzog is set to become Israel’s 11th president after winning Wednesday’s election against Miriam Peretz, in a secret ballot among the country’s 120 lawmakers. Eighty-seven lawmakers voted for Herzog, while 27 voted for Peretz. He will officially replace outgoing President Reuven Rivlin next month, with his seven-year term beginning on July 9. “I plan…
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News Netanyahu allies compare Reform Jews to dogs in racist election ads
Benjamin Netanyahu’s ultra-Orthodox coalition partners have ratcheted up their election campaigns with incendiary material comparing Reform Jews to dogs and xenophobic ads warning that African asylum seekers would convert to Judaism. The video, circulated on Wednesday by the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party, depicted dogs wearing ritual items like kippot, tallit, and tefillin, along with…
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News Sanders Breaks With AOC Over ‘Concentration Camps’ As Debate Rages On
What is a concentration camp? Is describing detention camps for immigrants together with the phrase “Never again” acceptable? Do these references trivialize the mass slaughter that took place in the Nazi-era death camps? The use of these words by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in reference to the “brutalizing” of illegal immigrants in detention centers on the…
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Israel News Israeli Locals Aren’t Happy That Bibi Is Renaming Their Town After Trump
Cows are the first residents to greet curious visitors to the Golan Heights settlement that will eventually bear the name of President Trump. With the majestic Mount Hermon in the background, a placid group of four bovines chew the cud, lingering at the wire fence next to a gate and rusty sign that reads “Community…
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Breaking News Tlaib, Under Fire for Holocaust Remarks, Hits Back at ‘Vile Attacks’
Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib shot back at critics who slammed her for her description of the Palestinians’ relationship to the Holocaust, tweeting Sunday that “policing my words, twisting [and] turning them to ignite vile attacks on me will not work.” Tlaib had originally said she “loves the fact” that her “Palestinian ancestors” were part of an…
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News Meet The Dream Defenders, Black Americans Who Embrace The Palestinian Struggle
On a chilly January morning in Nazareth, a group of young Americans of color, some swathed in kaffiyehs, performed a traditional Arab folk dance before chanting “Ferguson to Palestine, end the occupation! Ferguson to Palestine, we fight to free our nation!” Captured on a 10-minute video, the protest was entitled “Solidarity Demonstration in Nazareth: Ferguson…
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