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In Search of Authenticity: New Expressions of Jewish life in North America

A comprehensive overview of Jewish identity and cultural renewal initiatives underway in North America.

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To Resist the Academic Intifada’

Last month, the JPPI – Jewish People Policy Institute – published The Essential Guide to October 7th and its Aftermath: Facts, Figures, History – my how-to-defend-Israel guide. This week, Wicked Son is publishing To Resist the Academic Intifada: Letters to My Students on Defending the Zionist Dream – my why-to-celebrate-Israel manifesto. The story of that book is the story of a changing agenda over three years.
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The Cost of the American Jewish Vote

I realize this program of action may be uncomfortable for many American Jews. Still, the cost of the American Jewish vote for the Democratic party must include policies that will advance Jewish security and identity for the future.
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Antisemitism in France: Jews Consider Leaving – Dr. Dov Maimon in an interview with i24News

Dr. Dov Maimon was interviewed by i24News and explained the plight of French Jews due to antisemitism in the country.
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Listen: Interview with Dr. Dov Maimon about The Plight of France’s Jews

The Far Left has joined its cause with those of France’s Islamists and together they offer a bleak future for the Jews in France and beyond. Listen to the podcast
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Abandoned in political chaos: How France’s electoral shift is leaving Jews behind

As France enters a period of potential political instability, the stakes for its Jewish citizens and its relationship with Israel are high.
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The Israel-Hamas war could signal the end of the Black-Jewish alliance

Is the NAACP excluding the kinds of Jewish activists that founded it when it expands its focus to include international issues?
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21 countries agree to updated guidelines on Nazi-looted art

Stuart Eizenstat, JPPI’s Co-Chair: “The Best Practices were drafted with the awareness that there are differing legal systems and that states act within the context of their own laws.”
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The American Jewish heart beats in time with Israel’s

Over the past few years, a chasm has gradually opened up between Israel and American Jewry, the world’s largest Diaspora community.
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JPPI Webinar: The Ongoing Unrest in France

Violence in France is not deemed antisemitic, but concerns about a potential right-wing backlash arise.