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Morocco’s Amazigh revival: From ancient roots to modern identity

Middle East scholar Dr. Mohamed Chtatou: 'The Amazigh did not reject the Jews or the Arabs who came later; they integrated them.'

Amazigh people celebrate their new year outside the parliament with calls on the government to recognize the day as an official holiday and put more effort into supporting their language in Rabat, Morocco January 13, 2023.
Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi walks with her mother after being released amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Ramallah, in the West Bank, November 30, 2023.

'We are fighting Jews, not only Zionism,' Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi declares

 Demonstrators holding a banner protest in solidarity with Pro-Palestinian organizers as they block a street, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US. April 18, 2024.

Countering media bias against Jews: Why I launched a journalism fellowship - opinion

 Technion scientists (illustration)

Technion opens new program for international students fleeing campus antisemitism


'The Last Baker of Vienna': A novel on displaced Jews in post-WWII Europe - review

Chana, the heroine of The Lost Baker of Vienna, gives voice to author Sharon Kurtzman’s feminist subtext.

CLASS PORTRAIT of school children at Schauenstein displaced persons (DP) camp, circa 1946.

Baseless hatred destroyed the temple, baseless love must save this nation - editorial

Our sages taught that the Second Temple was consumed by sinat chinam – baseless hatred among Jews. On this Tisha B’Av, Jewish Israeli society must admit that the disease has returned.

Worshipers are seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av.

Todd Patkin, Author of 'Finding Happiness', Invests $5 Million in World Zionist Village

Jewish National Fund-USA Announces $5M Contribution to New Zionist Campus from Philanthropist Todd Patkin.

A view of the Patkin Pathway at the planned World Zionist Village

University presidents return from Auschwitz with a pledge to combat campus antisemitism

International March of the Living University Presidents mission equipped academic leaders with historical context and moral clarity amid growing campus antisemitism.

University Presidents Mission, Auschwitz - Birkenau on the 2025 March of the Living (Photo: Jakub Włodek)

Wesley LePatner, killed in Manhattan shooting, mourned as 'uniquely brilliant' Jewish leader

“At 43, she was the most effortless and impressive person - you wanted to follow her wherever she went,” Feiler wrote.

Wesley LePatner at the DiMenna Children's History Museum Family Benefit in 2019.

Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish, or ‘half a heeb’?

The metal legend died aged 76 on Tuesday. His wife, Sharon, was the daughter of Ashkenai Jew Don Arden, and put Judaism "at the center of their household."

British rock star Ozzy Osbourne and Kermit the Frog pose for photographs after the Golden Jubilee Pop Concert at Buckingham Palace in London, June 3, 2002; illustrative.

Nigerian curriculum fosters peace but perpetuates harmful Jewish stereotypes, IMPACT-se finds

Textbook references to Jewish people, history, and Israel vary in tone and consistency, the study finds.

 Nigerian school children.

Summer reading list: Thought-provoking essays on Jews, the Israel-Hamas War, and Iran

Here is a summer reading roundup of 17 recent deep-think articles on a range of issues: the Gaza and Iran wars, US-Israel relations, global antisemitism, Israeli society, and more.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits Capitol Hill this week. Prof. Edward N. Luttwak, in ‘Tablet,’ argues that Netanyahu’s tenacity has led to Israel’s conclusive victories in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

 Excavation near Jerusalem.

From Tehran to Moscow: How antisemitic regimes weaponize anti-Zionist Jews - opinion

Their goal is to sever identity from peoplehood and peoplehood from sovereignty. Iranian Jews today are walking a tightrope similar to the one Soviet refuseniks walked decades ago.

 IRANIAN JEWS prepare for prayer at the Abrishami Synagogue in Tehran, 2015.

Openly antisemitic law student with prize-winning white nationalist essay has Jewish ancestry

Preston Damsky made headlines for writing an essay arguing for the revokation of voting writes for non-white people.

 Gainesville, Florida