During this summer break, the magazine is suspending its publication of original articles. Until we return in the fall, each issue will feature a dossier bringing together some of our articles published this year on a specific theme. This is an opportunity to discover articles you may have missed, rediscover those that caught your attention, and share some of K.‘s publications with friends who are not yet familiar with the magazine.

As a reminder, our archives are open, and we invite you to browse through the hundreds of articles we have published over the past four years.

This week, our Postcards dossier features travel stories and reports. Fans of legendary characters and places can join Benny Ziffer in Albania on the trail of the false Jewish messiah Sabbatai Tsevi, or discover, in an interview with Ber Kotlerman, memories of a childhood spent in the Jewish Autonomous Region of the USSR, Birobidzhan. Those with a taste for the exotic will be captivated by the account of Anshel Pfeffer’s expedition to the heart of the Surinamese rainforest, where the remains of an autonomous Jewish community can be found. In a more serious vein, the reports “Saving Jewish Odessa” by Joseph Roche and “The Converts of Munkács” by Yeshaya Dalsace examine the persistence of…

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This summer, K. invites you to rediscover, in each of its weekly issues, a feature consisting of five articles previously published in the magazine. This week: five reports, with articles by Joseph Roche, Anshel Pfeffer, Yeshaya Dalsace, Benny Ziffer, and an interview with Ber Kotlerman by Macha Fogel.

This summer, K. invites you to rediscover, in each of its weekly issues, a feature comprising five previously published articles from the magazine. This week, we have put together a...

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Historian Deborah Lipstadt was the special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism under the Biden administration. In this interview, she shares her perception of the debates rocking the United States on this issue, between fears that Trump will exploit the fight against antisemitism and the progressive camp’s refusal to clean house.

This summer, K. invites you to rediscover a selection of five articles that have already appeared in the magazine. To kick things off, we have chosen the most read articles since the beginning of 2025: a diverse selection, but one that reflects the concerns of our readers. With texts by Benjamin Wexler, Jonathan Safran Foer, Stéphane Bou and interviews with Eva Illouz and Etgar Keret.

The spectacle of extreme polarization that is inflaming American society, particularly with regard to its university system, could make us forget the importance of the old tradition of liberal pragmatism. The interview we had with historian David Bell, professor at Princeton, reminds us of this, by refusing to exaggerate or euphemize the deeply divisive issue of antisemitism on campus. As Trump and the most radical fringes of campus progressivism battle for the right to sabotage the American university, David Bell points to the place where the fight against antisemitism and the defense of the university are intertwined.

How are American Jews experiencing the current political situation, in which their attachment to Israel, the democratic norms of their own country, and the security they believed they enjoyed in the face of antisemitism are all being called into question? For Sébastien Lévi, they are caught between Trump’s hammer and the anti-Zionist anvil – a divide foreshadowing the political reconfigurations and struggles to come.

Following the disturbing election results in eastern Germany, which saw the triumph of authoritarian, xenophobic, and antisemitic parties, Antonia Sternberger examines the roots of far-right ideas in the former GDR and their influence on Jewish life. Her investigation highlights a particular inability to learn from historical experience—whether Nazi crimes or Soviet dictatorship—which forces Jews in eastern Germany to navigate, with a remarkable amount of courage, an environment that oscillates between ignorance and outright hostility.

After examining the political, media, and judicial indifference surrounding Herman Brusselmans’ call for the murder of Jews published in Humo, this second part of Rafaël Amselem’s investigation focuses on the ambiguous role of Unia, the Belgian institution responsible for combating discrimination. Between legalistic interpretation, refusal to act, and confusion in the face of anti-Zionism, the case reveals the profound limitations of the Belgian legal and political framework in dealing with contemporary antisemitism.

In this interview with Danny Trom, Yehudah Mirsky looks back at the intellectual and spiritual roots of religious Zionism, from its internal tensions to its contemporary manifestations. Underlying this is the figure of Rav Kook, a mystic and visionary who is now claimed by the most opposing factions of the Israeli religious Zionist scene. One question arises out of this exploration: how did a movement born of an ideal of reconciliation between tradition and modernity partly derive into becoming the vehicle for an aggressive nationalist messianism.

Danny Trom’s article “Holy Week on Xanax” sparked numerous reactions. Among the letters, some more constructive than others, one stood out: the response from anthropologist and historian Leopoldo Iribarren, which the editorial staff of K. unanimously decided to publish. Danny Trom, having come to his senses but far from repenting, responds to his colleague’s friendly challenge.

Have you heard of Herman Brusselmans? He is the author of the following lines, which appeared in August 2024 in a popular Belgian magazine: “I see an image of a little Palestinian boy crying and screaming, calling for his mother who is buried under the rubble. I become so furious that I want to stab every Jew I meet in the throat with a sharp knife.” Less than a year later, the case brought forward by a Jewish organization ended in acquittal. In a two-part investigation, Rafaël Amselem explains why—and how. A journey to Belgium, where these words are (almost) no longer shocking.

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