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August 14, 2026

Celebrating Middle Eastern Enclaves in New York Means Denigrating Jews

Are Jews welcome in Habibi city?

New York Magazine recently published an issue, titled “Habibi City,” focused on the city’s growing “SWANA” (southwest Asian and north African) population. The related articles include fretting about whether Israelis can be considered SWANA, and overall suggest that such topics as Levantine restaurants can’t be discussed without vigorous expression of hostility toward the Jewish state. John Podhoretz comments:

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