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For decades, Ruth Wisse warned that antisemitism had not disappeared, that Jewish powerlessness was no virtue, and that liberal societies were dangerously reluctant to confront their enemies. At 90, she has tells @liel: “We are not fighting antisemitism. We are fighting jihad.”

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“Can you defend yourself?” That’s one of the survival tests @alananewhouse laid out in March. Today, Israeli passengers helped overpower a copilot who tried to crash their Dubai–Tel Aviv flight. One used his aviation experience to pull back the controls; a dentist helped x.com/alananewhouse/…

At Entebbe, Israel rescued Anne Neuberger’s parents because they were Jews. She spent nearly two decades protecting Americans in return. Fifty years later, their family story reveals how deliverance became obligation. tabletmag.com/sections/belie…

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In a plane hijacking on a flight from Dubai, Israelis once again show that survival depends on the ability and willingness to fight for one another. Can the rest of the West say the same? x.com/foxnews/status…

How much would you pay for an etrog? $300? $500? For Sukkot, Tablet visits the etrog market to meet the sellers and growers behind it, as buyers inspect each fruit for its shape, color, and even the smallest blemish. For many, finding the right etrog is a way to beautify a

Across the developed world, birth rates have collapsed. But Israel is the only clear exception. What explains the Israeli fertility anomaly, and can it last? tabletmag.com/sections/israe…

At Entebbe, Israeli commandos rescued Anne Neuberger’s parents. Fifty years later, her father remembers a miracle sustained by the prayers of the Jewish people; she sees a debt to protect others. For one family, deliverance became obligation. @MyShtender

A Palestinian Rachel Dolezal, a mask-mandatory lesbian bar, and Macklemore, still at it. This week in review:

While Canada worried about Islamophobia, Islamist networks were embedding themselves in its schools, government, charities, and electoral politics. The Muslim Brotherhood understood the game: Change the country from within. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

Across the developed world, people have stopped having children. Israel is the only clear exception. Even secular Israeli Jews have more children than their counterparts anywhere else in the West. Why? tabletmag.com/sections/israe…

"So, my answer to the question how shall we respond—is to stay and fight. New York is worth fighting for. America is worth fighting for. American Jewry is worth fighting for. This is our country too! This is our city too!" —@AmmiHirsch tabletmag.com/sections/belie…

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Tucker Carlson was named as a “media expert” for a Russian state-backed influence operation linked to military intelligence. How Carlson became entangled in a Russian influence network that helped seed antisemitism and anti-Israel conspiracies on the American right: x.com/FulkIntelRepor…

Canada has never formally investigated Muslim Brotherhood-aligned networks. A new report traces how Islamist groups have embedded themselves in Canadian institutions, from schools and charities to the federal bureaucracy and electoral politics. tabletmag.com/sections/news/…

American Jews helped build the country that embraced them. As antisemitism returns to public life, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch’s message this Yom Kippur is not to retreat: Stay and fight, strengthen Jewish life, and stop supporting politicians and institutions that turn against Jews.

The sukkah shelters us, but it is never allowed to become our entire horizon. On why Sukkot asks us to feel protected enough to look beyond what shelters us and discover our next step. tabletmag.com/sections/belie…

In an episode that has never quite been explained, Leonard Cohen went to the desert to perform for Israeli troops during one of the bloodiest weeks of the Yom Kippur War. tabletmag.com/sections/arts-…

At 20, Maggie Foxx (@mtfoxx42) is already making baseball history. The Brown student became the first player to record a hit in the new Women’s Pro Baseball League, carrying on a long tradition of Jewish women in professional baseball. tabletmag.com/sections/sport…

"Many were silent while Hamas slaughtered musicians and concertgoers in cold blood yet found their energy to speak out when I exercised my right to ban a musician from my own stage." @DGreenbaum on what Robert Kraft should have said. tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

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"The brain rot that has begun to define this generation has allowed a terrifying irony: many were silent while Hamas slaughtered concertgoers yet found their energy to speak out when I exercised my right to ban a musician from my own stage." tabletmag.com/sections/commu…

How did the U.N. become a platform for Soviet anti-Zionism? @IzaTabaro on Kurt Waldheim, the KGB’s penetration of the U.N., and the Soviet campaign whose legacy still shapes the institution today.