JL;DR

Daily Podcasts Video Research

for Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Politics ›

0 Politics Antisemitism

Opinion | This Week Proves It: Politicians Won’t Call Out Anti-Semitism On Their Own Side

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The article discusses how President Trump's recent statements invoking anti-Semitic tropes by questioning the loyalty of Jewish Democrats, and his involvement in barring Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar from visiting Israel, have caused distress among American Jews.

History ›

0 History Jewish Law

Reports of Miracles From Safed

Eli Yassif in Tablet

Rabbi Solomon Shlumil of Dreznitz's letters to Bohemia in 1607 were foundational in creating the mythic image of Safed as a place of miracles, shaped by the mystical figure of Isaac Luria.

Art ›

0 Art Politics

By Telling Art Spiegelman To Ditch A Trump Reference, Marvel Betrayed Its Own History

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The article examines the controversy involving Art Spiegelman, a renowned cartoonist known for his Holocaust narrative 'Maus,' and Marvel Comics.