New story alert New Lines Magazine! The brilliant Jane Borges writes about Bene Israel cuisine, which has roots in India’s North Konkan region and tells us how the Indian Jewish identity is a palatable marriage of both faith and community. newlinesmag.com/reportage/indi…

India’s largest Jewish community, the Bene Israel, hold on to their coastal roots through food & memory. Their cuisine, which draws from Konkan traditions while observing kosher, reveals how it is a marriage of both faith & community. | Jane Borges

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Fearing the rise of the far right, the EU has caved to protesting farmers and canceled environmental policies meant to reduce emissions significantly, reports Anchal Vohra. The consequences could be catastrophic. newlinesmag.com/reportage/fear…

NEW: “We have to interpret the world through the poetry, and the poetry is the only thing we have to go on.”

On The Lede podcast, James Montgomery of Cambridge University tells Lydia Wilson of how early Arabic poetry is a portal to another world. newlinesmag.com/podcast/a-port…

NEW: After six months of war in Gaza, Arwa Damon was finally allowed in, to find a war being waged mainly against children. This is her dispatch for New Lines. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/gaza…

NEW: From racial hierarchies to Cold War anticommunism, America’s shifting ideologies and definitions have always shaped its policies on who is offered refuge, writes Lauren DeLaunay Miller. newlinesmag.com/essays/how-def…

Who'd like to write an in-depth profile of Achille Mbembe for New Lines Magazine's global thought series? Have a look at our global thought archives (newlinesmag.com/topic/global-t…) and at our pitch guidelines (newlinesmag.com/pitch) and reach out to me here or [email protected]

NEW: In recent times, Pakistani cinema has been experimenting with horror, trying to address the complexities of living in modern-day Pakistan.

Hina writes for New Lines. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/horr…

NEW: China was late to children’s books, and while the market has recently exploded, lessons on how to be an ideal citizen predominate, writes @jfsteinfeld. newlinesmag.com/reportage/chin…

'Empty Words':

Kenneth Roth on Biden's Criticism of Israel While U.S. Keeps Weapons Flowing

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Sharing a forum with Assad's cheerleaders also dishonours the memory of the tens of thousands of Palestinians who were starved, tortured and bombed by the regime at the Yarmouk refugee camp over 5 years of siege.

Sitting in a forum with Clare Daly and Mick Wallace who went to Aleppo as guests of the Assad regime to celebrate the bombing and sectarian cleansing of the city, who went on Chinese state TV to deny atrocities against Uyghurs, is a matter of great dishonour actually.

“In Khaled’s silence lies a cautionary reminder not only of the dilemma ... for public figures when speaking out about Palestine, but of how status and wealth have the ability to infiltrate one’s identity — replacing some of the very elements that make that person themselves.” ⤵️

The Palestinian-American cultural figure DJ Khaled has been silent about Gaza and scolded for his tone-deaf antics—but rather than wondering what's holding him back, we should ask if his voice is needed, my colleague Maysa Mustafa writes for New Lines Magazine

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On the simplistic binary of religion versus science in the annual Muslim controversy over how to determine the start & end of the lunar month for Ramadan & Eid.

The contemporary framing belies a long & complex history.

Ibrahim Elhoudaiby in New Lines Magazine newlinesmag.com/argument/ramad…

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Palestinian-American artist DJ Khaled has remained silent as the war in Gaza has unfolded. His story is a cautionary tale of the limits of celebrity solidarity at a time when it may no longer be needed, writes Maysa Mustafa. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/dj-k…

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'I began to feel more Jewish while covering the genocide of Bosnia’s Muslims. What Levin points to — the defense of Palestinians increasingly being an act of Jewish identity, particularly for younger Jews — feels right for me, too.' Danny Postel

From Bosnia to Gaza: on War Crimes & Jewish Ethics

Brilliant & powerful essay by Peter Maass

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The silence of the prominent Palestinian-American artist DJ Khaled on Gaza is a reminder of the pitfalls of celebrity solidarity. Rather than questioning where Khaled is, Maysa Mustafa writes, the question should be: 'Do Palestinians really need him?' newlinesmag.com/spotlight/dj-k…