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  • Rabbi Yaakov Baruch at his synagogue in Tondano, North Sulawesi
    Rabbi Yaakov Baruch at his synagogue in Tondano, North Sulawesi
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    Indonesia’s Jews Come Out

    In the world’s most populous Muslim country, a new generation of Jews strives for visibility

    byJohannes Nugroho
  • This photograph taken on February 17, 2017 shows a member of Indonesia's Jewish community sweeping the steps to the synagogue ahead of a prayer service in Tondano, North Sulawesi.
    This photograph taken on February 17, 2017 shows a member of Indonesia's Jewish community sweeping the steps to the synagogue ahead of a prayer service in Tondano, North Sulawesi.
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    In Jewish-Indonesian Relations, Many Hopeful Signs

    There’s no doubt that Chinese Indonesians and Jews need to be treated better by both their fellow citizens and the state, but things aren’t as grim as you may believe

    byNiruban Balachandran
  • Jacob van der Schley, Moord op Chinezen te Batavia, 1740.
    Jacob van der Schley, Moord op Chinezen te Batavia, 1740.
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    Indonesians Hate the Chinese, Because They Are Jewish

    How Dutch colonial officials used anti-Semitism to fuel anti-Chinese hate

    byBlake Smith
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    Israel Is Still Racist and Colonialist—But at Least It Has a Name

    Dispatch from the 60th anniversary of the Bandung Conference, Indonesia, where the Jewish state is a pariah

    byJon Emont
  • A scene from the documentary The Act of Killing.(Courtesy of Drafthouse Films)
    A scene from the documentary The Act of Killing.(Courtesy of Drafthouse Films)
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    Living the Nightmare of Mass Murder in Oscar-Nominated Doc The Act of Killing

    Joshua Oppenheimer’s brutal film about the Indonesian genocide shows us what history looks like when blood-soaked sociopaths win

    byJ. Hoberman
  • Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono listens to a remark by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a meeting on July 3, 2012, in Darwin, Australia.(Glenn Campbell-Pool/Getty Images)
    Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono listens to a remark by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at a meeting on July 3, 2012, in Darwin, Australia.(Glenn Campbell-Pool/Getty Images)
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    New York Rabbi’s Awful Award

    Why is a Jewish group dedicated to tolerance honoring a politician who has failed to support religious minorities?

    byJeremy Menchik
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    A Map of ‘Innocence of Muslims’ Protests

    The disease has spread and it looks like global chicken pox

    byAdam Chandler
  • The 62-foot-tall menorah outside Manado, Indonesia. It may be the world’s biggest.(Ed Wray/NYT)
    The 62-foot-tall menorah outside Manado, Indonesia. It may be the world’s biggest.(Ed Wray/NYT)
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    Davening in Indonesia

    Your latest lost Jews

    byMarc Tracy
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    Strange Bedfellows

    Talking about lizards at a writers’ conference in Bali

    byEtgar Keret
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