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(JTA) — When I spoke with novelist Elizabeth Graver in August about her novel “Kantika” — inspired by her own Turkish Jewish family — I asked her how she managed

Max Blumenthal is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The Daily Beast, The Nation, The Huffington Post, the Independent Film Channel, Salon.com, Al Jazeera English and other publications. He is the author of the bestselling book Republican Gomorrah. His new book, just published, is Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel (Nation Books).

Participants in a massive pro-Israel rally near the White House on Tuesday say they've been grappling with a sense of betrayal since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

Jewish thinkers have long warned that Israel’s dependence on western Jews’ political support to gain impunity for its human rights abuses could contribute to antisemitism in the U.S.

In a significant prime-time address Thursday night, U.S. President Joe Biden was talking to different audiences. One was opponents in Congress. Another, allies worried about his pro-Israel stance.

Amid war fever and bigoted violence, we have to combat media cowardice.

A collection on the deep context required to make sense of the violence.

A small number of Democrats have expressed concern about possible Palestinian civilian deaths as Israel expands its offensive into Gaza following last weekend's attack by Hamas militants. But they're unlikely to shape near-term policy.

I wonder what historian Murray Friedman would think of what his center has become in the hands of his successors.The post Israel-bashers headline Jewish center’s speaker series at Temple University

The media group was just approved to spread its brand of historical disinformation to classrooms in Florida, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire.