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Robert Zaretsky

Robert Zaretsky is a professor at the University of Houston and a culture columnist at the Forward.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, briefly released from an El Savadoran prison, meets with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, who had traveled to El Salvador to draw attention to his case.
Posted inOpinion

Imprisoned and falsely accused, Kilmar Abrego Garcia recalls the Dreyfus Affair

by Robert Zaretsky April 22, 2025April 22, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. On the morning of Oct. 15, 1894, Captain Alfred […]

Anouk Aimée in "La Dolce Vita"
Posted inCulture

What the world has lost with the death of Anouk Aimée

by Robert Zaretsky June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
A Hanukkah celebration at the Eiffel Tower in 2016. (Photo/Flickr-Chabad.org CC BY 2.0)
Posted inAnalysis

How a Hanukkah faux-pas ignited a political firestorm in France

by Robert Zaretsky December 11, 2023

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