The LA riots could destroy Donald Trump’s presidency
These protests are more disruptive and powerful than BLM or ‘Save Gaza’: the ‘resistance’ has arrived.
These protests are more disruptive and powerful than BLM or ‘Save Gaza’: the ‘resistance’ has arrived.
Professional activist Greta Thunberg was roundly mocked for a video she posted to social media in which she claimed she’d been “kidnapped in international waters,” either by Israeli officials or by forces loyal to Israel.
The band "categorically reject any suggestion that footage or reportage used as part of an artistic digital collage in our live show seeks to glorify or celebrate any featured subject".
It was always going to get messy with these two ambitious and bombastic billionaires.
There are many heroes to have emerged from the flames of Hamas’ attack on Israel two Octobers ago, but none quite like Emily Damari. And none quite like now, as June marks the start of LGBT Pride month — and even more antisemitic violence reaches the U.S. Damari, a 28 year-old Israeli-Briton, was among the 33 hostages returned this winter after nearly 500 days of captivity in Gaza. And as she revealed over the weekend, Damari, is also a lesbian — a fact kept quiet during the 15 months she was held by Hamas, which likely saved her life.
There are some shows that just feel… timely. That resonate with a genuine voice and offer something truly authentic. And They’re Jewish with Hen Mazzig is absolutely one of them.
When reports surfaced on Sunday and Tuesday of a supposed massacre near an aid distribution point in Gaza, every major news outlet – from CNN to Sky News to the BBC – ran with it. Their sources? Hamas-affiliated “health officials”. Their evidence? A viral video is already making the rounds online. Within minutes figures like Piers Morgan jumped in: “Horrific. This cannot go on.”
This week, in Colorado, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a group of Jews marching peacefully on behalf of hostages held by Hamas. The attacker shouted, “How many children have you killed?” and “We need to end Zionists” as he hurled fire at Holocaust survivors and Jewish children.
Jews are speaking back. Across dispersed but interconnected spaces—online writing, local study groups, independent publications, and public debate—a new Jewish discourse is taking shape. Figures like Hen Mazzig, Matthew Nouriell, and Izabella Tabarovsky are at the forefront, articulating what it means to speak from the lived experience of Mizrahi and post-Soviet Jewish communities long excluded from both Western liberal and postcolonial narratives.
The suspect who attacked advocates for Israeli hostages being held by Hamas has been charged with a federal hate crime. Tel Aviv Institute Senior Fellow Hen Mazzig joins Katy Tur to share his reaction to the Boulder, Colorado attack and the rise in antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.