My brother’s death was not in vain * Yossi Klein Halevi: The war on the Jewish story * Bibi must go * Warning from an anonymous med student * Digital antisemitism

[Times of Israel]( [The Blogs Weekly]( Thursday, May 9, 2024 From The Blogs [My brother’s death was not in vain]( By Saul Singer Imbuing our incalculable loss with meaning means fulfilling this moment’s greatest imperative: to not tear ourselves apart Tehilla Shwartz Altshuler [Digital antisemitism: The largest propaganda machine since the Holocaust]( Social media is spreading unprecedented Jew-hatred, and that’s before AI starts using algorithms to discriminate against Jews Cheryl Levi [What the Kapo Trials tell us about moral gray zones]( It was true during WWII and it’s true today: While justice seeks black and white, most of life functions in gray zones From the blogs [The war against the Jewish storyÂ]( By Yossi Klein Halevi The ease with which anti-Zionists have managed to portray the Jewish state as genocidal marks a historic failure of Holocaust education Lindsey Bodner [What are our (presumably) college-bound Jewish kids going to do?]( If you think a university campus is no longer a good place for a nice Jewish young adult, here are some options to think about Shuly Babitz [What I heard on that campus shocked me]( The uninformed kids protesting Israel didn’t surprise me. But the science professor who minimized the Holocaust definitely did From the blogs [I would never let these doctors treat my relatives]( By A Medical Student My fellow med students’ denial of Jewish and Israeli pain has implications for Jewish patients. Here’s what you can do about it Hugh Taylor [Another river, another sea]( What drives regular American college kids’ rage against Israel when – I’m guessing – they weren’t raised to hate Jews? Janice Weizman [Lies that tell a truth – and why they’re so important]( Fiction gives its readers a window into the contradictions of human nature that always trouble people, no less during these difficult times From the blogs [‘I did what any decent human being would do’]( By Linda Broenniman I knew my mother Dr. Clara Ambrus was a med student in Hungary during World War II, but I had no idea she’d been a hero Sarah Ansbacher [Secrets of an old warehouse in Bratislava]( A bullet factory in Slovakia once housed Jews in appalling conditions. And then it was used for an even more nefarious purpose Gerald Strober [Bibi, it’s time for you to go]( The office of prime minister needs a person of vision, competence and integrity, qualities you do not possess [Cry me a river]( By Hayim Leiter As I rocked the baby in my arms, he cried off and on. I tried every trick I knew but he wasn’t ready to sleep. And then the siren sounded more choice voices Tova Dorfman [The day ‘Never Again’ became an empty slogan]( How can we feel safe when protesters on college campuses called for the complete eradication of the Jewish State? Tova Herzl [The strength of second generation trauma, after Hamas’s massacre]( I worry that history is repeating itself, and I can’t help asking: Will Israel survive? If not, will it go in multiples of October 7th? Menachem Bombach [The Haredi world must take civic responsibility]( Unless we can shift the ultra-Orthodox priority of segregating from Israeli society, the community is at great risk of more disasters Alec Siegel [Caught between antisemitism and the First Amendment]( An American-Israeli, there is a tension that might be impossible to resolve. I embrace the friction. Meanwhile, the war rages on [The Blogs Weekly]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved