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13 May 2024

5 Iyar 5784

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The Jewish Oyster Problem

The idea that Jewish virtue is rooted in Jewish powerlessness is both deeply selfish and remarkably stupid

byAndrés Spokoiny

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How a South African Dish Became a Staple of the IDF

Poyke is perfect for cookouts and campfires—and for hungry soldiers on the front line

"We arrived in Tortoreto, in the Abruzzi, after two days of traveling, sleeping on benches in stations, and changing trains." A 1941 drawing shows some of Steinberg's possessions, not long after his arrival at Villa Tonelli.

"We arrived in Tortoreto, in the Abruzzi, after two days of traveling, sleeping on benches in stations, and changing trains." A 1941 drawing shows some of Steinberg's possessions, not long after his arrival at Villa Tonelli.

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Saul Steinberg’s Beach House

The celebrated artist’s little-known imprisonment in an Italian villa by the sea during the Holocaust

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How a South African Dish Became a Staple of the IDF

Poyke is perfect for cookouts and campfires—and for hungry soldiers on the front line

"We arrived in Tortoreto, in the Abruzzi, after two days of traveling, sleeping on benches in stations, and changing trains." A 1941 drawing shows some of Steinberg's possessions, not long after his arrival at Villa Tonelli.

"We arrived in Tortoreto, in the Abruzzi, after two days of traveling, sleeping on benches in stations, and changing trains." A 1941 drawing shows some of Steinberg's possessions, not long after his arrival at Villa Tonelli.

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Saul Steinberg’s Beach House

The celebrated artist’s little-known imprisonment in an Italian villa by the sea during the Holocaust

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Is the Backlash to Universities Becoming Real?

Taxpayers, politicians, and employers are realizing that campus leftism has gone too far. The question is whether it’s too late to stop it.

byRichard Hanania

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Haunted by Weimar

Israel’s Supreme Court relies on the discredited theories of the Nazi jurist Carl Schmidt to justify its extra-democratic rule

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The Americans Fighting—and Dying—for Israel

byHillel Kuttler

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Is the Backlash to Universities Becoming Real?

byRichard Hanania

The People Setting America on Fire

byPark MacDougald

Genocide Enablers

The Jewish Oyster Problem

byAndrés Spokoiny

Saul Steinberg’s Beach House

Irving Penn: Anxious American Photographer

Yizkor After the Black Sabbaths

byShlomo M. Brody

Sweating the Small Stuff

byDovid Bashevkin

The Gold Rush Shul

byNomi Kaltmann

The Gantz Megillah

Israel’s Love Affair With India

How a South African Dish Became a Staple of the IDF

A Birthday Party in Israel

Expanding the World of Jewish Food

byJamie Betesh Carter

Empathy Is Part of Our Jewish DNA

byElliot Cosgrove

Harry Truman’s Seder Message

byStuart Halpern

The Birth of a New Passover Breakfast Tradition

The Americans Fighting—and Dying—for Israel

byHillel Kuttler

byJamie Betesh Carter

Women in Chains

byRokhl Kafrissen

Haunted by Weimar

Those Who Escaped, and Those Who Remained

American Clemency for Nazi War Criminals

byRobert Hutchinson

byIan KingsburyandJay P. Greene

Of Judaism, but Not in It

The Golden Age of Jewish Hockey

byJeffrey S. Gurock

Qatar’s World Cup FIFA Bribe Documents Exposed