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04 December 2023
21 Kislev 5784
Jules and Helen Wallerstein on their wedding day, May 31, 1953
Jules and Helen Wallerstein on their wedding day, May 31, 1953
From 'Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman,' by Emma Carlson Berne, illustrated by Giovanni Abeille
From 'Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman,' by Emma Carlson Berne, illustrated by Giovanni Abeille

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Jules and Helen Wallerstein on their wedding day, May 31, 1953
Jules and Helen Wallerstein on their wedding day, May 31, 1953
From 'Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman,' by Emma Carlson Berne, illustrated by Giovanni Abeille
From 'Rose Spoke Out: The Story of Rose Schneiderman,' by Emma Carlson Berne, illustrated by Giovanni Abeille
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What Yale Has in Common With Hamas

Qatar is buying the Ivy League, along with every other institutional bauble in America, from the Brookings Institution, to Foreign Policy magazine, to the NHL and the NBA

byArmin Rosen
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Pallywood’s Latest Blockbuster
byRichard Landes
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Pro-Palestine Mob Targets Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Ceremony

Oblivious to the cease-fire in Gaza, a mob chanting ‘from the river to the sea’ attacks NYPD officers, vandalizes midtown Manhattan

byJulio Rosas

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Hamas’ War on Israel

All of Tablet’s coverage of the October 2023 attack on Israel and the world’s response.

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What Now?

How to feel, and what to do, one month after the massacres

byTony Badran,Stephanie Butnick,Liel Leibovitz,Park MacDougald,Sheila Nazarian,Alana Newhouse,Armin Rosen,David Samuels,Jeremy Stern,Izabella Tabarovsky,Bari Weiss,Ani Wilcenski,andKathryn Wolf
Israel Defense Forces soldiers patrol an undisclosed area on Oct. 15, 2023
Israel Defense Forces soldiers patrol an undisclosed area on Oct. 15, 2023

Antisemitism, it was once said, is the socialism of fools. Today it is Hamasism that reproduces that same criminal imbecility.

—Bernard-Henri Lévy

Israel Defense Forces soldiers patrol an undisclosed area on Oct. 15, 2023
Israel Defense Forces soldiers patrol an undisclosed area on Oct. 15, 2023

Antisemitism, it was once said, is the socialism of fools. Today it is Hamasism that reproduces that same criminal imbecility.

—Bernard-Henri Lévy

NYU student walkout called for by Students for Justice in Palestine, Washington Square Park, New York, Oct. 25, 2023
NYU student walkout called for by Students for Justice in Palestine, Washington Square Park, New York, Oct. 25, 2023
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Stop Being Shocked—Once and for All

The ideas, institutions, and people that caused the collapse

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Ivy Leaguers, Find Your Spines

I spent my years at Columbia ignoring my common sense in the face of a glaring double standard. Now my classmates cheer on murder and I’m sitting with my shame.

byAni Wilcenski

Then, came the Enlightenment with the idea that humans are alike. ‘Liberty, equality, and fraternity.’ ‘All men are created equal.’ It wasn’t true.

Then, came the Enlightenment with the idea that humans are alike. ‘Liberty, equality, and fraternity.’ ‘All men are created equal.’ It wasn’t true.

Saleh Aljafarawi has played the role of a radiologist, tour guide, journalist, fighter, and father in anti-Israel social media videos. He has also died on camera twice.
Saleh Aljafarawi has played the role of a radiologist, tour guide, journalist, fighter, and father in anti-Israel social media videos. He has also died on camera twice.
Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas pray at the Ohel, the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in Queens, New York, Nov. 13, 2023
Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas pray at the Ohel, the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in Queens, New York, Nov. 13, 2023
Zephyros Beach, Rhodes
Zephyros Beach, Rhodes

Then, came the Enlightenment with the idea that humans are alike. ‘Liberty, equality, and fraternity.’ ‘All men are created equal.’ It wasn’t true.

Saleh Aljafarawi has played the role of a radiologist, tour guide, journalist, fighter, and father in anti-Israel social media videos. He has also died on camera twice.
Saleh Aljafarawi has played the role of a radiologist, tour guide, journalist, fighter, and father in anti-Israel social media videos. He has also died on camera twice.
Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas pray at the Ohel, the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in Queens, New York, Nov. 13, 2023
Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas pray at the Ohel, the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in Queens, New York, Nov. 13, 2023
Zephyros Beach, Rhodes
Zephyros Beach, Rhodes
Saleh Aljafarawi has played the role of a radiologist, tour guide, journalist, fighter, and father in anti-Israel social media videos. He has also died on camera twice.
Saleh Aljafarawi has played the role of a radiologist, tour guide, journalist, fighter, and father in anti-Israel social media videos. He has also died on camera twice.
Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas pray at the Ohel, the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in Queens, New York, Nov. 13, 2023
Family members of Israeli hostages held by Hamas pray at the Ohel, the resting place of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, in Queens, New York, Nov. 13, 2023
Zephyros Beach, Rhodes
Zephyros Beach, Rhodes

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