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Iran’s reaction to Oct 7 says everything about its real priorities #iran #islam #gaza
17 Jun 2025
Iran's reaction to the October 7 Hamas attacks highlights the regime's alignment with militant extremism over peace. The Iranian government lauded these atta...
17 Jun 2025
The Free Press
Washington War Games. A Fiery Debate About U.S. Involvement. Plus. . .
17 Jun 2025
The Free Press discusses the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran and the potential role of the U.S. under Trump's unpredictable leadership. Trump's r...
17 Jun 2025
Forward
At an Iranian Jewish hangout, retirees wonder if regime change is in the cards
17 Jun 2025
In Los Angeles, Iranian Jewish retirees like 79-year-old David gather to play cards and discuss the recent geopolitical upheavals impacting their homeland. D...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
The Sympathy Trap - On Mohammed El-Kurd's <em>Perfect Victims</em>
17 Jun 2025
Jackie Wang's review of Mohammed El-Kurd's book "Perfect Victims: and the Politics of Appeal" discusses the problematic narrative of portraying Palestinians ...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
The Gavel and the Gun - Palestinian history shows that armed struggle campaigns often catalyze gains in international lawmaking.
17 Jun 2025
Darryl Li's analysis delves into the significant shifts in international legal responses to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict following the October 2023 Opera...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
Les petites vieilles - "The other wishes she were in Beirut, / but the Beirut she thought she knew is not
there"
17 Jun 2025
Marilyn Hacker's poem portrays two octogenarian women reminiscing over their past involvements with the Middle East, particularly Palestine and Beirut, refle...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
Who Might We Become for Each Other? - A conversation about Black–Palestinian interconnectedness and the legacy of June Jordan
17 Jun 2025
This compelling discussion explores the historical and strategic interconnectedness between Black and Palestinian liberation movements, drawing inspiration f...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
We Need New Jewish Institutions - Sustaining the struggle will require spaces for reimagining our tradition.
17 Jun 2025
Amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza, leftist Jewish activists in the U.S. grapple with the perceived collapse of traditional Jewish institutions tied to Zion...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
History Lesson - On Adam Kirsch and settler colonialism
17 Jun 2025
Laleh Khalili critiques Adam Kirsch's denial of the settler colonialism framework as applicable to Israel by detailing historical examples from the early 20t...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
How Support for Palestine Became a Hate Crime - A celebrated civil rights law is being used to target those opposing crimes against humanity—and ruining lives in the process.
17 Jun 2025
Mari Cohen's article addresses the contentious issue of how legal systems are handling acts of protest and the tension between pro-Palestinian activism and c...
17 Jun 2025
Jewish Currents
Laura Whitehorn - “We must have courage and not run for the hills.”
17 Jun 2025
The conversation with Laura Whitehorn, a former political prisoner, explores connections between struggles against political oppression in various contexts, ...
17 Jun 2025
The Free Press
Debate: Should the U.S. Intervene in Iran?
17 Jun 2025
The article discusses the significant foreign policy decision facing the U.S. government regarding potential intervention in Iran, as Israel intensifies effo...
17 Jun 2025
Moment
A Glimpse Inside Iran with Sharon S. Nazarian and Nadine Epstein
17 Jun 2025
Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian, who left Iran as a child due to the 1979 Revolution, provides an insider perspective on the Jewish community in Iran and their circum...
17 Jun 2025
Moment
The Iran-Israel Showdown: What Does it Mean for Israel and the Middle East with Aaron David Miller and Robert Siegel
17 Jun 2025
Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller and veteran journalist Robert Siegel engage in a discussion about the recent developments in the Israel-Iran conflict,...
17 Jun 2025
The Free Press
WATCH: What People in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria Really Think of Israel’s Strike on Iran
17 Jun 2025
Following Israel's military strikes targeting Iran's nuclear facilities, The Free Press and the Center for Peace Communications gathered on-the-ground reacti...
17 Jun 2025
Tablet
Can Israel End Iran’s Nuclear Program?
17 Jun 2025
Armin Rosen delves into the intricacies of Israel's ongoing efforts against Iran's nuclear ambitions, focusing on the strategic challenges of neutralizing th...
17 Jun 2025
Forward
The 3 ways American Jews are responding to Israel's attacks on Iran
16 Jun 2025
As tensions rise between Israel and Iran, the often-divided American Jewish community is experiencing an unusual unity, differing mainly over the U.S.'s role...
16 Jun 2025
JTA
Germany, Britain and France are harshly critical of Israel in Gaza but have its back with Iran. Why?
16 Jun 2025
As the threat of Iran's nuclear capabilities intensifies, Germany, Britain, and France, despite critical stances towards Israel's Gaza policies, align closel...
16 Jun 2025
MomentMag
The Iran-Israel Showdown: What Does it Mean for Israel and the Middle East
16 Jun 2025
This video features an insightful discussion between Middle East analyst Aaron David Miller and journalist Robert Siegel, focusing on the escalating tensions...
16 Jun 2025
For Heaven's Sake
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The War is Real
16 Jun 2025
Amidst the escalating war with Iran, Israelis experience a shift from initial existential relief to anxiety and fear due to the reality of the conflict. Donn...
16 Jun 2025
Future of Jewish
This is how Israel dismantled Iran from within.
16 Jun 2025
Israel's Operation Rising Lion dismantled Iran's military and intelligence capabilities, altering the regional balance of power. This operation involved not ...
16 Jun 2025
JTA
To practice ranked-choice voting, New Yorkers elect the city’s ‘most iconic’ bagel
16 Jun 2025
In an effort to demystify ranked-choice voting, WNYC crafted an educational mock election using bagels as candidates, where New Yorkers could vote for the ci...
16 Jun 2025
JTA
For Israelis under Iranian barrage, deadly nights alternate with days brimming with life
16 Jun 2025
Israeli life endures an unsettling duality amidst ongoing Iranian missile strikes that recall the resilience seen in wartime London. With 25 lives lost and h...
16 Jun 2025
Forward
What was Albert Einstein thinking as he gazed down on Trump’s military parade?
16 Jun 2025
During a controversial military parade orchestrated by President Trump, the Albert Einstein Memorial in Washington, D.C., created by Jewish sculptor Robert B...
16 Jun 2025
The Free Press
WATCH: Niall Ferguson and Dexter Filkins: The Iran-Israel War
16 Jun 2025
Niall Ferguson and Dexter Filkins engage in a discussion about the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel, focusing on the significant military actions ...
16 Jun 2025
Jewdicious
How It Feels in Israel
16 Jun 2025
Rick Borenstein shares a personal account of living in Tel Aviv under the threat of Iranian missile strikes. Despite living in relative safety before the rec...
16 Jun 2025
JTA
Israeli weapons display is walled off at Paris Air Show, in move Israelis decry
16 Jun 2025
At the Paris Air Show, Israeli defense industry exhibits were controversially walled off by French authorities after anti-Israel groups demanded the removal ...
16 Jun 2025
Moment
B’Ivrit | Israeli Media Shifts to Public Service Mode, but Is All the Israel-Iran News True?
16 Jun 2025
Israeli media has shifted into emergency mode following Israel's military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, acting as a crucial public safety resource ami...
16 Jun 2025
Emes Ve-Emunah
What Will They Talk About?
16 Jun 2025
The writer expresses significant frustration with the Haredi leadership for their perceived detachment from the struggles Israel faces, particularly regardin...
16 Jun 2025
The Commentary Magazine Podcast
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Israel Batters Iran; Will Trump Join In?
16 Jun 2025
Israel's recent military actions against Iran involve significant strategic successes, including gaining control of Iranian airspace and eliminating key targ...
16 Jun 2025
18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers
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Hanan Schlesinger: 'From the river to the sea is all Israel and all Palestine'
16 Jun 2025
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, co-founder of the roots dialogue center for Palestinian-Israeli peace, explores the challenges of wielding Jewish power ethically in...
16 Jun 2025
Forward
'Iran is not winning this war,' says Trump, as Israeli death toll rises, US Embassy in Tel Aviv damaged
16 Jun 2025
Iranian missile strikes hit various locations in Israel, including Tel Aviv, for a third consecutive night, resulting in increased fatalities and damage, inc...
16 Jun 2025
JTA
Death toll rises in Israel after another night of Iranian missiles; US Embassy in Tel Aviv damaged
16 Jun 2025
Tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate as Israel faces a barrage of Iranian missiles for the third consecutive night, resulting in at least eight d...
16 Jun 2025
The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
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'A little bit dystopian': As Iran attacks, 2 Canadians describe the atmosphere in Israeli bomb shelters
16 Jun 2025
The episode delves into the experiences of two Canadian tourists who are caught in the midst of ongoing conflicts in Israel, having arrived for a canceled LG...
16 Jun 2025
The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner
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'A little bit dystopian': As Iran attacks, 2 Canadians describe the atmosphere in Israeli bomb shelters
16 Jun 2025
Canadian tourists Maddy Eisenberg and Dave Heilbron find themselves in a harrowing situation as they spend their visit to Israel in bomb shelters due to ongo...
16 Jun 2025
Jewish Insider
CNN’s Scott Jennings flew to Israel for the first time to understand Oct. 7 — and then war with Iran broke out
16 Jun 2025
CNN contributor Scott Jennings traveled to Israel intending to comprehend the impacts of Hamas' attacks on October 7, 2023. However, his visit coincided with...
16 Jun 2025
Tablet
Tablet Magazine Live: Operation Rising Lion
16 Jun 2025
Operation Rising Lion, initiated by Israel on June 13, 2025, involved a large-scale aerial and drone attack on key Iranian sites, focusing on nuclear facilit...
16 Jun 2025
Tablet
I Didn’t Pack for This
16 Jun 2025
Amid heightened conflict and rocket attacks in Israel, Ani Wilcenski provides a vivid, personal depiction of life in Tel Aviv as a visitor caught in the unre...
16 Jun 2025
Future of Jewish
Israel is saving the West from itself.
15 Jun 2025
Nachum Kaplan argues that Israel's recent military actions against Iran exemplify its role as a defender of Western civilization against existential threats....
15 Jun 2025
Forward
Celebrating my daughter's birthday in a bomb shelter, as missiles struck Tel Aviv
15 Jun 2025
Dan Perry recounts a harrowing experience of celebrating his daughter's birthday in a bomb shelter amidst Iranian missile strikes on Tel Aviv, highlighting t...
15 Jun 2025
Haaretz Weekly
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Israel and Iran at war: 'The missile hit and we waited to die'
15 Jun 2025
The podcast discusses the unfolding conflict between Israel and Iran, highlighting the strategic implications and the dire personal experiences of individual...
15 Jun 2025
Forward
‘I trust his judgment completely’: Netanyahu praises Trump while urging tougher U.S. stance on Iran
15 Jun 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging the U.S. to adopt a firmer stance against Iran, following Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military targets. In a Fo...
15 Jun 2025
The Free Press
Bombs Rain Down—and a Divided Israel Unites Behind the War
15 Jun 2025
In the face of increasing tensions and ongoing missile exchanges with Iran, Israel finds itself in a unique moment of unity amidst crisis. The skies over Jer...
15 Jun 2025
Emes Ve-Emunah
Israel's Righteous Mission
15 Jun 2025
Amid escalating tensions, Israel has launched a series of pre-planned strikes against Iran's military and nuclear assets, aiming to cripple Iran’s capabiliti...
15 Jun 2025
JTA
U.S. aids in Israel’s defense, as Trump and Tehran exchange threats
15 Jun 2025
Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East, the U.S. assisted Israel in intercepting Iranian drone and missile attacks last Friday, according to official co...
15 Jun 2025
Rationalist Judaism
As War Rages
15 Jun 2025
As Israel wages its most significant war in fifty years, the messages communicated by different Jewish communities vary significantly. Natan Slifkin contrast...
15 Jun 2025
Forward
Assassinated Minnesota politician visited Israel, was friend to Jewish community
15 Jun 2025
Melissa Hortman, a former Minnesota Speaker of the House, was recently assassinated alongside her husband by a man posing as a police officer. Hortman, who s...
15 Jun 2025
JTA
At least 11 killed across Israel amid multi-day barrage of missiles from Iran
15 Jun 2025
Tensions between Iran and Israel have escalated into a deadly exchange of missile strikes, resulting in at least 11 Israeli casualties, with most missiles in...
15 Jun 2025
The Beinart Notebook
Why Israel Attacked Iran—and Why It’s a Disaster for Israel and the World
15 Jun 2025
Peter Beinart addresses Israel's recent military action against Iran, highlighting the potential disastrous consequences for both Israel and the broader glob...
15 Jun 2025
Forward
A new exhibit on Red Scare blacklists presents chilling parallels to our current era
15 Jun 2025
An exhibit at the New York Historical Society, originally from the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee, titled "Blacklisted: An American Story," examines the Red Scar...
15 Jun 2025