In an era dominated by social media and defined by short attention spans, it’s striking that longer, more involved debates hosted by elite institutions still matter.
The Oxford Union …
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By Ben Cohen
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7/25/24
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New Left Review is a London-based Marxist journal that, despite its name, is deep in the throes of middle age. It’s latest issue features an extensive interview with Rashid Khalid, a prominent …
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By Ben Cohen
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7/24/24
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There is a certain kind of person for whom “The West Wing” was dramatic television at its finest. It featured sharp, brainy, political dialogue with a cast walking around the White House …
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By Ben Cohen
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7/3/24
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Antisemitic violence is horrifying wherever it takes place, but in France, as we’ve learned time and again over the last two decades, a disturbing intimacy defines many of the worst incidents …
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By Ben Cohen
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6/26/24
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B ack in February, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a speech at the Ohel Jakob synagogue in Munich in which he struck most of the right notes.
Guterres acknowledged what …
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By Ben Cohen
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6/19/24
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The collaboration between UNRWA, the UN agency solely dedicated to Palestinian refugees and their descendants, and the Hamas rulers of Gaza continues unabated.
Two recent episodes …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/22/24
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President Joe Biden’s speech on May 7 at the US Capitol, during which he eloquently revisited Nazi Germany’s journey from racial laws discriminating against Jews to outright …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/15/24
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In times of adversity, Jews respond in many ways, perhaps the most precious of which is humor.
When the Soviet Union …
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By Ben Cohen
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5/8/24
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The solemnly named International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has become an arena for the world’s despots and authoritarians to strut and grandstand, projecting their own abuses — …
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By Ben Cohen
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4/17/24
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F or several years now, my media consumption habits have been guided in part by what I call my “escape routes.”
As someone who spends his days immersed in reports and analysis of …
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By Ben Cohen
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4/10/24
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