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Nobody Wants This: season two tries to push beyond stereotyping Jewish women, but doesn’t get very far

Nobody Wants This is a romantic comedy following an agnostic white American woman, Joanne (Kristen Bell), and “hot rabbi” Noah Roklov (Adam Brody). Falling for Noah is easy but maintaining a relationship and forging a future with a leader of a religious community is much harder. Joanne must consider how…

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Nobody Wants This Season 2's Ending Was Emotional, And I Had To Ask About How Esther Played Into Noah And Joanne’s Choice

This was pivotal.

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Nobody Wants This review – Kristen Bell and Adam Brody’s chemistry is electric

The romcom is as easy to love as ever, as it returns for a second season. Stupid jokes, emotional depth, one of the best comic creations on TV, Seth Rogen: it’s so easy to buy into this show

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Following meteoric success — and some criticism — 'Nobody Wants This' evolves in Season 2

Netflix's “Nobody Wants This” became a surprise hit last year, topping charts and drawing millions of viewers

The Independent UK

Discrimination "Due to Community Complaints" About Person's "Zionist Views" Isn't Based on Race or Religion, Court Holds

From Judge Charles Breyer's opinion earlier this month in Pauker v. Heart Consciousness Church, Inc. (N.D. Cal.): Plaintiff Michael Pauker… The post Discrimination "Due to Community Complaints" About Person's "Zionist Views" Isn't Based on Race or Religion, Court Holds appeared first on Reason.com.

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Newly-released hostage attends funeral of his commander after body returned from Gaza

Two hostages released by Hamas were reunited Wednesday in a Jerusalem cemetery for a final goodbye

The Independent UK

Peter Thiel thinks Greta Thunberg could be the Antichrist. Here’s how three religions actually describe him

In a series of four lectures, Silicon Valley tech billionaire Peter Thiel has been opining on the Antichrist.

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What are Abraham Accords? The Trump-backed deal explained

Abraham, known as Ibrahim to Muslims, is often invoked by those seeking to bridge interfaith divides

The Independent UK

The Manchester synagogue attack and the right to protest

Letters: Tomilyn Rupert believes that the conflation of Zionism with Judaism is wrong and contributes to antisemitism. Plus letters from Gabriele Hodgson, Selina Osman and Deirdre Burrell

The Guardian - UK

First female Archbishop of Canterbury still an outlier among world's top religious leaders

For the first time, a woman will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury, following the 105 men who have held the role since St. Augustine took that position in the year 597

The Independent UK

Inside Tarrant County’s Dogged Prosecution of a Pro-Palestine Activist

Raunaq Alam has been in and out of jail five times in relation to anti-Israel graffiti on a Christian church. His lawyer says the case shows "how easily the government can roll back all of our civil rights."

Texas Observer

On Antisemitism by Mark Mazower review – parsing prejudice

A historian examines the age-old phenomenon of anti-Jewish hatred and the emergence of a word to define it

The Guardian - UK

Jews and Israel are not the same. Equating them is a propaganda technique

The claim is central to rationales for arming Israel even as leading human rights groups decry genocide in Gaza

The Guardian - US

What Have the Rebels Ever Done for Us?

A balance sheet of three major Jewish revolts against Rome.

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Barry Strauss Guest-Blogging About "Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire"

I'm delighted to report that my Hoover colleague (and emeritus professor at Cornell), Barry Strauss, will be guest-blogging this week… The post Barry Strauss Guest-Blogging About "Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire" appeared first on Reason.com.

Evening Standard

Daughter of Holocaust survivor plans to be arrested in support of Palestine Action

Carolyn Gelenter plans to be arrested when she joins over a thousand people supporting Palestine Action in Parliament Square on Saturday

The Guardian - US

Alarm in Texas as activist faces hate-crimes trial over anti-Israel graffiti

Experts say use of hate-crimes statute conflates state of Israel with Judaism and infringes on free speech rights

The Conversation

The Melbourne butcher’s son who converted to Judaism and guided 10,000 lives in death

Stella Prize shortlisted author Katia Ariel admits to a “pre-emptive regret” at not being able to include the personal details of each of the thousands of souls relayed to her by Ephraim Finch, director of Melbourne’s Chevra Kadisha – or, Jewish Burial Society. From the mid-1980s to 2015, he buried…

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The Independent UK

How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children

Ziva Mann has been navigating the challenges of raising a transgender child within an Orthodox Jewish community

The Guardian - UK

‘A cipher for crazy self-projection’: why are architects so obsessed with Solomon’s Temple?

The palatial edifice, believed to have stood where God created Adam, has fired imaginations for two millennia. Now artist Pablo Bronstein has created wild mashups, complete with blue-bearded gargoyles, suggesting how it looked

The Independent UK

With growing urgency, more US Jews urge Israel to ensure ample food deliveries to Gaza

A growing number of Jewish Americans are urging Israel to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Gaza, though the ongoing war with Hamas remains a tension point

Euronews

Netanyahu's coalition under pressure as ultra-Orthodox party announces exit

The departure of United Torah Judaism leaves Netanyahu with a razor thin majority in a government coalition dominated by two far-right parties.

Al Jazeera

Israeli ultra-Orthodox party quits Netanyahu government over conscription

Resignation of United Torah Judaism lawmakers leaves Netanyahu with razor-thin 61-seat majority in the 120 seat Knesset.

The Guardian - UK

In an age of failing economies and a populist backlash, I’ll tell you what we need – Marxism

The corporations would asset-strip our brains, but we can take back control, says economist and former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis

The Independent UK

After centuries of isolation, ultra-Orthodox Jews are engaging with the world more than ever

One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox

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