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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office nominee Kathi Vidal is under fire for her connections to Silicon Valley.

Over the course of the year — and even dating back to his time on the campaign trail — President Biden and senior officials in his administration, including Department of Justice (DOJ)...

Yiddish singer and political activist Isabel Frey has embraced a defunct Jewish movement, which she believes holds the key to a new Jewish identity that has nothing to do with Israel or religion. Plus, Anshel Pfeffer on the short history of the General Jewish Labour Bund

Yiddish singer and political activist from Vienna Isabel Frey has embraced neo-Bundism, which she believes holds the key to a new Jewish identity that has nothing to do with Israel and religion. Plus, Anshel Pfeffer on the short history of the General Jewish Labour Bund

The theme of this year’s MusraraMix rollout, the 21st edition, scheduled for November 30-December 2, is High Tones.

I once heard an anecdote about a Jewish comrade walking into his first meeting of a new socialist organization in the United States and asking a friend who the other Jews were in the room. The friend pointed out a handful of people—about a third, perhaps half of the room—to which the comrade responded, “This is the most goyische [non-Jewish] socialist meeting I've ever seen.”

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It turned out to be a banner week for reader responses, so I thought Id share a few choice ones.

The Justice Department has a new squad of crypto-cops, a new taste for white-collar criminal enforcement, a new demand for cyber-ransom notifications. And if you happen to know where all of Tether’s money is, it would appreciate a call on that, as well.

Good day. Blame supply constraints running up against very strong demand as the U.S. economy reopens for the current spike in inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said, adding the...