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Ruach

@ruach

articles: 28
total claps: 3,319
top claps: 369
avg read: 4.5 min
paywalled: 24
active: 2025-06-09 → 2026-07-09

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#israel ·12 #jewish ·9 #identity ·7 #anti-semitism ·6 #politics ·6 #history ·6 #morality ·4 #religion ·3 #bbc ·2 #journalism ·2

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AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

When the Blood Libel Gets a Dog

I am 5 foot nothing Jewish woman and I own a German Shepherd. And I say this with the full authority of someone who has been herded around…

May 14, 2026 · 8 min read · 369 claps paywalled #anti-semitism #blood-libel #israel

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AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

Go Back to Where You Came From? We Did.

Why Jewish return to Israel isn’t colonial but ancestral.

Jun 09, 2025 · 3 min read · 291 claps paywalled #jews #israel #dna

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AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

A Nation Made First in Exile, Not on Land

Before territory or flag, there was a 2,000-year “we.” That is how nations are actually born.

Oct 21, 2025 · 2 min read · 255 claps paywalled #israel #zionism #identity

A Nation Made First in Exile, Not on Land

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

Why Are There Still Jews?

It’s an uncomfortable question. But I think it’s one worth asking.

Jul 04, 2026 · 3 min read · 223 claps paywalled #identity #diaspora #anti-semitism

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RU Ruchama · Ruach

Hitler’s Terrible, No Good, Bad Day in Court

And the Jewish lawyer who exposed him

Jun 19, 2026 · 5 min read · 179 claps paywalled #history #world-war-ii #nazis

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RU Ruchama · Ruach

Shavuot: The Holiday of Blank Space

No one knows where Sinai was or even what day it happened

May 21, 2026 · 5 min read · 178 claps paywalled #torah #friendship #morality

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AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

The Soft Language of Slaughter: Rationalizing the Unthinkable

On October 7th, 2023, the world witnessed the deliberate, intimate slaughter of civilians. It wasn’t collateral damage or a tragic…

Apr 28, 2026 · 4 min read · 173 claps paywalled #terrorism #political-violence #morality

The Soft Language of Slaughter: Rationalizing the Unthinkable

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

She Didn’t Know She Was Sitting Next To An Israeli Jew

What my daughter experienced on a night out in London revealed something many non Jewish people never see.

Jun 22, 2026 · 5 min read · 149 claps paywalled #identity #racism #jewish

She Didn’t Know She Was Sitting Next To An Israeli Jew

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DE Delilah S · Ruach

Confessions of a Recovering ‘As a Jew’

I was lost in a whirlwind of delusion before the penny finally dropped

Jun 07, 2026 · 5 min read · 148 claps paywalled #jewish #politics #humanitarian

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

When the Story Goes Wrong

Why Jewish Warnings About Media Narratives Were a Sign of Deeper Institutional Failure

Jan 01, 2026 · 3 min read · 125 claps paywalled #truth #bbc #journalism

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

The UN Agency at the Centre of Seventy Five Years of Controversy

Schools, clinics and social services were meant to offer safety. The allegations tell a different story.

Jan 06, 2026 · 3 min read · 115 claps paywalled #middle-east #human-rights #united-nations

The UN Agency at the Centre of Seventy Five Years of Controversy

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

From Apartheid to Genocide: How Language Is Being Weaponised

Oxfam, Amnesty, MSF, the UN and the BBC present themselves as moral authorities. Their language tells a different story.

Feb 16, 2026 · 5 min read · 114 claps paywalled #oxfam #morality #journalism

From Apartheid to Genocide: How Language Is Being Weaponised

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AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

Who Was Yahya Sinwar: The Butcher of Gaza

From Refugee Camp to Terror Mastermind

Aug 18, 2025 · 3 min read · 114 claps paywalled #palestine #israel-palestine-conflict #yahya-sinwar

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AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

When the Architecture is the Ideology

Different societies build different worlds, and if you want to understand what a society actually believed and not what it said it believed…

Jun 13, 2026 · 6 min read · 100 claps paywalled #israel #architecture #october-7

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

The World Really Has Changed (And I’ve Watched It Happen)

From the Sex Discrimination Act to HIV treatment and changing attitudes towards gay people, a reflection on six decades of progress and why…

Jun 16, 2026 · 4 min read · 97 claps paywalled #history #society #human-rights

The World Really Has Changed (And I’ve Watched It Happen)

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

The World Has Misread Jewish Identity. Here Is What Is Actually True

The idea that Jews are trapped in historical trauma misses the entire point of remembrance. What looks like fear is often foresight

Jan 02, 2026 · 4 min read · 95 claps paywalled #memories #victimhood #cultural-awareness

The World Has Misread Jewish Identity. Here Is What Is Actually True

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PE Peter Simons · Ruach

The Zionism Paradox

And the assimilation illusion

Jul 04, 2026 · 8 min read · 91 claps #zionism #israel #jewish

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AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

How the Palestinian Authority’s “Pay-for-Slay” Rebrand Keeps Paying Out

In 2025, the Palestinian Authority rolled out what looked (on paper) like a major policy pivot: a decree-law that revoked specific legal…

Feb 09, 2026 · 3 min read · 83 claps paywalled #palestine #foreign-policy #terrorism

How the Palestinian Authority’s “Pay-for-Slay” Rebrand Keeps Paying Out

AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

The Name Erased: A Father’s Agonizing Choice to Save His Son

How an Arab Israeli father hid his identity to protect his son from Hamas, and the painful questions it raises about identity and survival.

Jan 26, 2026 · 4 min read · 77 claps paywalled #hamas #october-7 #identity

The Name Erased: A Father’s Agonizing Choice to Save His Son

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

Eurovision, Politics, and the Boos We Pretend Not to Hear

Why the boos, the politics, and Graham Norton’s commentary mattered more than many people realised

May 21, 2026 · 4 min read · 64 claps paywalled #eurovision-song-contest #politics #anti-semitism

Eurovision, Politics, and the Boos We Pretend Not to Hear

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DE Delilah S · Ruach

The Match That Refused to Go Out: The Story of Hannah Szenes

A poet, a hero, a human, a Jew

Jul 05, 2026 · 6 min read · 55 claps paywalled #jewish #history #war

The Match That Refused to Go Out: The Story of Hannah Szenes

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

The Jewish Festival Nobody Fully Understands (But It Involves Cheesecake)

For thousands of years, Jews have celebrated Shavuot. But one of its best known traditions remains a mystery.

May 29, 2026 · 3 min read · 55 claps paywalled #jewish #culture #cheesecake

The Jewish Festival Nobody Fully Understands (But It Involves Cheesecake)

AN Ann Isabelle · Ruach

We Built the World’s Fastest Antisemitism Machine and Named It a Chatbot

There is an old propaganda principle: you don’t need people to believe a lie completely. You just need to repeat it often enough that…

Jun 09, 2026 · 7 min read · 50 claps paywalled #chatbots #propoganda #ai

We Built the World’s Fastest Antisemitism Machine and Named It a Chatbot

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SC S. Cohen · Ruach

How Do You Stop Seeing Someone You’ve Known for Over 20 Years?

This genuinely happened to me.

Jul 09, 2026 · 4 min read · 37 claps paywalled #identity #change #friendship

How Do You Stop Seeing Someone You’ve Known for Over 20 Years?

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MI Michael Bromberg · Ruach

Kamala Harris is a Bad Choice for Democrats

Political Net-Worth can be a Negative Number

Jul 06, 2026 · 6 min read · 35 claps #politics #religion #foreign-policy