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West Point graduated more Jewish cadets this year than ever before, Jewish leader says

Jon Kalish in Forward · 8 Jun

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has achieved a significant milestone with the graduation of 30 Jewish cadets in 2026, the highest number in its history.

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At the edge of America, six Jewish graves endure

Austin Albanese in Forward · 25 May

The article explores the Jewish history in Fairbanks, Alaska, through the lens of six graves in the Jewish plot of Clay Street Cemetery.

0 Politics History

Should we fear that Trump is this generation's Neville Chamberlain? In a word, yes.

Robert Zaretsky in Forward · 18 Aug 2025

Robert Zaretsky critiques the parallels between Neville Chamberlain's 1938 appeasement of Hitler and Donald Trump's recent summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

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Poster Children of Gaza’s Hunger Crisis Are Actually Suffering from Other Illnesses. Plus. . .

The Free Press in The Free Press · 18 Aug 2025

Viral images of starving children from Gaza, prominently featured in major media outlets, have been misrepresented according to a Free Press investigation.

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Trump's Improvisational Summit

The Commentary Magazine Podcast · 13 Aug 2025

The Commentary Magazine Podcast episode discusses the unusual and hastily arranged summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, which is being framed as a listening exercise rather than a formal negotiation.

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Alaska’s Nazi Creek renamed after 80 years, following advocacy by son of WWII veteran

Grace Gilson in JTA · 14 Jul 2025

After 80 years, a creek in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, infamously named Nazi Creek, was renamed Kaxchim Chiganaa after a campaign by Michael Livingston, a son of a WWII veteran and a member of the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska.

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‘The Church Hasn’t Changed. But People Have Changed.’

Maggie Phillips in Tablet · 11 Nov 2024

Maggie Phillips explores the cultural and demographic evolution of Nome, Alaska, focusing on the impact of dwindling populations and climate change, as well as the remaining influence of religious missions from the 19th and 20th centuries.