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  1. "Every organization that fights #antisemitism has its own list of action items.

    The question remains: With all these groups fighting the same general problem, why is the problem getting alarmingly worse?

    It’s too facile to counter that things might be even worse without those efforts. Even if that were true, it’d be like saying that very bad is better than very very bad. Lame consolation.

    Maybe that’s why #BretStephens struck a nerve with his much-discussed “State of World #Jewry” address, when he called the fight against antisemitism a “well-meaning but mostly wasted effort.”

    We can debate whether that was an exaggeration (as I have), but we can’t deny that #Stephens put his finger on the most uncomfortable question in #philanthropy: Is my money making a difference?

    To put it more delicately, if we assume that we all want the same thing– reduce antisemitism while building a thriving #Jewish future—what is the best way to allocate resources?"

    jewishjournal.com/commentary/c

  2. Epstien Dosyaları ve Osmanlı'da Yaşanan Olayın Benzerliği! Trabzon'a Yahudiler Neden Giremez?

    #Jewry #Epstein #Trabzon #kidnapping

    youtube.com/shorts/4ZyqPzkuUJ0

  3. "In the late 19th and early 20th century, the majority of Haredi #Jews in Palestine and around the world opposed Zionism and the establishment of the state of Israel. […]. Many have come to accommodate the state’s existence, moving further to the right and, in recent years, embracing the most radical forms of territorial maximalism."
    Molly Lipson: vashtimedia.com/2023/12/29/for

    #farRight #reaction #revisionism #HolocaustDenial #Diaspora #Haredi #Haredim #Hasidic #Jewry #Judaism #antiZionism #Orthodoxy

  4. 📢Out Now in OA: 'The Last Years of #Polish #Jewry, Volume 1: At the Edge of the Abyss: Essays, 1927–33' by Yankev Leshchinsky, ed. by Robert Brym, trans. by Eli Jany and Robert Brym.

    #Ukrainian-born #YankevLeshchinsky (1876–1966) was the leading scholarly and journalistic analyst of #EasternEuropean #Jewish socioeconomic and political life from the 1920s to the 1950s. Known as “the dean of Jewish sociologists” and [...] “the father of Jewish demography,” #Leshchinsky published a series of insightful and moving essays in #Yiddish on #Polish #Jewry between 1927 and 1937.

    Despite heightened interest in interwar #Jewish communities in #Poland in recent years, these essays have never been translated into English. 'The Last Years of #Polish #Jewry' helps to rectify this situation by translating some of #Leshchinsky’s key essays. A thoughtful Introduction by Robert Brym provides the context of the author’s life and work.

    Access this title for free or get a copy at openbookpublishers.com/books/1

  5. Ancient DNA recovered from a German cemetery has opened a window into the history of today’s largest Jewish population.

    t.co/aAjLS5lv2t

    #LongReads #Judaism #Jewry @mazeldon

  6. I thought this was a beautiful picture from #Jerusalem:
    Two young boys participating in the #Sigd festivities stand with bowed heads in front of the #Kesim (religious leader of #Ethiopian #Jewry) to receive a blessing.