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The legend of Skokie
How some Americans learned to equate free speech with Nazis
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Jonathan M. Katz
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War holiday
Tomorrow night Jews will begin the holiday of Hanukkah by lighting the first of eight branches of their family menorahs. This year, in the aftermath of…
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Jonathan M. Katz
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There's only one state
Between the river and the sea
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Jonathan M. Katz
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November 2023
More on Substack's Nazis
And a note about the future of The Racket
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Jonathan M. Katz
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So what was all the killing for?
The first prisoner exchange of the Gaza war started today—and the war, it seems, had little to do with it. It is happening under the protection of an…
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Watching Gaza through Chapel Hill
A well-timed documentary puts an old story into a new light
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Jonathan M. Katz
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'The actual truth'
Antisemitism is rising, but not in entirely straightforward ways
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Israel's counter-terror
With a little military theory, the war on Gaza is easier to understand
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Jonathan M. Katz
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How Hamas Came to Power
Hint: You can blame George W. Bush
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Time we won't get back
Either reality, the pressure, or both are getting to the Biden administration. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken flew in person to Israel today to ask…
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Jonathan M. Katz
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Moving the needle
Or, what's a vote for?
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Jonathan M. Katz
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October 2023
Your responses to 'Out of Zionism'
And a comment on Biden, the left, and an increasingly dangerous war
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Jonathan M. Katz
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