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"Of course boilerplate is boilerplate, even of deeply moving and important books, but there are some words curiously missing in this description of a book by an Israeli woman expressing her deeply Jewish grief over the murder of her child by Palestinian terrorists. Here are four of them:

Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Jew."

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Four Words Random House Would Rather Not Say Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Dara Horn, & our Cultural Moment

We're happy to share our latest interview with Dr. Flora Cassen, professor of Jewish History and Director of the Center for the Study of Anti-Jewishness at Brandeis University.

Flora takes us deep into her reflective exploration of antisemitism, unveiling how historical memories reemerge in contemporary debates, from European cathedrals to American college campuses.

She discusses the impact of public displays—monuments, plaques, and memes—in shaping, and sometimes distorting, our collective consciousness.

Flora also examines the rise of antisemitism and the nuanced ways nations grapple with dark chapters of their past, from Belgian colonial history to Holocaust remembrance across Europe and the United States.

No doubt, this is an important conversation for educators, students, and community leaders alike.

Confronting Anti-Jewish Myths: Then and New w/ Dr. Flora Cassen Most of us have inherited visual and cultural markers of antisemitism—images, monuments, stained glass displays—that silently shape our understanding of hist...