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CIA official charged with violating Espionage Act for leaking documents revealing Israel’s plans to attack Iran

Jacob Gurvis in JTA · 13 Nov

A CIA official, Asif W. Rahman, has been charged with violating the Espionage Act for leaking classified documents that disclosed Israeli plans to retaliate against Iran's missile attacks with military strikes.

0 Politics Antisemitism

Op Nation

David Samuels in Tablet · 25 Sep

This opinion piece by David Samuels delves deep into the intersection of conspiracy theories and American culture, particularly highlighting the potential dangers of such ideologies when laden with antisemitism.

0 Politics History

American Jewish man sentenced to death in Congo for his involvement in a failed coup

Jackie Hajdenberg in JTA · 17 Sep

Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, an American Jewish man, has been sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) due to his involvement in a failed coup attempt against President Félix Tshisekedi.

0 Politics Jewish Law

As Evan Gershkovich returns home, another Jewish prisoner's captivity reaches 500 days

Louis Keene in Forward · 1 Aug

The article discusses the emotional struggle of Emma Tsurkov, sister of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Jewish academic abducted by an Iraqi paramilitary group 500 days ago in Baghdad.

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Why We Shouldn’t Trust ‘The Facts’ Coming Out of Gaza

Eli Lake in The Free Press · 10 Jun

The text questions the reliability of facts coming out of Gaza by drawing a comparison to the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979.

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The Spy Who Never Came in From the Cold

Gordon Thomas in Tablet · 30 May

William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Lebanon, spent his last morning on March 16, 1984 in Beirut following his routine before being abducted that day.

0 Politics Antisemitism

My Mother’s Secret

Justine el-Khazen in Tablet · 26 Feb

The text delves into a poignant account of a mother's deathbed plea to her daughter not to raise her children Jewish due to fears of danger and anti-Semitism.

0 Antisemitism Communities

FBI arrests Indiana man over threats to ‘kill every Jew’ — but didn’t tell Jewish community about him

Andrew Lapin in Forward · 15 Feb

The FBI has arrested an Indiana man named Jeffrey Stevens who had threatened to kill every Jew in Fort Wayne.

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Why Did Biden Elevate CIA Director William Burns to His Cabinet?

Jeremy Stern in Tablet · 9 Aug 2023

CIA Director William Burns has been elevated to President Biden's cabinet, but the move is largely symbolic and does not give Burns any new authorities.

0 Politics Israel

Ghosts of Beirut

Israel Policy Pod · 4 May 2023

Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts Israeli journalist and Fauda co-creator Avi Issacharoff on a recent episode to talk about Issacharoff's upcoming show "Ghosts of Beirut," exploring the CIA and Mossad's pursuit of Hezbollah leader Imad Mugniyeh.

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Ghosts of Beirut

Israel Policy Pod · 4 May 2023

The podcast episode features Neri Zilber hosting Avi Issacharoff, the co-creator of "Fauda," as they discuss his new show called "Ghosts of Beirut."

0 Politics Gender/Identity

Cracks in Iran’s Theocracy - a view from a former CIA officer

Call Me Back · 30 Sep 2022

The episode explores the implications of the recent protests in Iran, driven by women's rights following the death of Mahsa Amini, and examines the vulnerability and resilience of the Iranian regime in the face of potential civil unrest and international pressure.

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The God That Failed

Shalom Goldman in Tablet · 8 Nov 2021

"The God That Failed" is a collection of essays by former communists that gained significant popularity and sparked strong reactions from readers.

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Johnny F-Bomb

Peter Theroux in Tablet · 3 Feb 2021

Former CIA Director John O. Brennan's memoir, "Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, at Home and Abroad," reveals his anger and temperament issues, as he uses abusive language towards various individuals, including Donald Trump.

0 Politics History

That Bernie Sanders CIA Guy Running for Congress From Woodstock

Armin Rosen in Tablet · 14 Jun 2018

Jeff Beals, a former CIA analyst and Democratic candidate for New York's 19th congressional district, is campaigning in a diverse region that swung from supporting Obama to Trump.

0 Politics Israel

Of Spies and Centrifuges

Jordan Chandler Hirsch in Jewish Review of Books · 27 Mar 2017

Shahram Amiri, an Iranian scientist who defected to the U.S. in 2009 after providing information on Iran's nuclear program to the CIA, later claimed he was kidnapped due to Iranian pressure and returned to Iran, where he was eventually executed in 2016.

0 History Politics

Newly Declassified CIA Briefings Show the U.S. Didn’t Really See the Yom Kippur War Coming

Armin Rosen in Tablet · 30 Aug 2016

The newly declassified CIA briefings reveal that the U.S. failed to anticipate the Yom Kippur War in 1973, with the attack by Syria and Egypt taking Israel and the U.S. intelligence apparatus by surprise.

0 Jewish Law Ethics

Does Jewish Law Allow Torture?

Shlomo M. Brody in Tablet · 12 Dec 2014

Four Orthodox rabbinic scholars, Michael Wygoda, J. David Bleich, Michael Broyde, and Itamar Warhaftig, assert that Jewish law permits torturing enemies in certain cases to save lives, contradicting contemporary Jewish opponents who argue all forms of torture are forbidden.

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