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The last hostage returned. Can Israel finally exhale?
The return of Ran Gvili closes one chapter of the war. A more complicated one remains painfully unresolved
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Opinion What an antisemitic conspiracy theory and the Alex Pretti killing have in common
In Minnesota and Argentina, ideology overpowers evidence
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Opinion As with Cain and Abel, the blood of our brother Alex Pretti is crying out from the ground
The lies our government is telling us have a biblical precedent
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Opinion I’m a rabbi arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. The Book of Exodus shows us how this ends
Torah teaches us that the fight for human rights is long and painful — but that light prevails
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Opinion Drunk with power, Donald Trump follows the dictates of Athenian commanders — and a certain Jewish philosopher
For both Athenians and Americans, acts of hubris lead inevitably to great tragedy
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Opinion I’m a Zionist. I support Palestinian rights. My campus has no space for people who believe in peace
I've looked for others who eschew ideology in favor of pragmatism — and come up empty
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Opinion Long before Trump’s second-hand Nobel, a laureate sought to curry favor with Nazis by regifting a prize
Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado seems to have taken a cue from disgraced Scandinavian novelist Knut Hamsun
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Opinion Is the ‘Board of Peace’ just another Trump scam, or a real move toward Middle East peace?
As Netanyahu joins, there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of the board — and only one to be hopeful
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Opinion How Trump’s first year back in office destabilized our country — and our Jewish community
The president has established a roller coaster of a record on Israel, Iran, antisemitism and civil liberties in his first term
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Opinion There’s a vicious antisemitic precedent for Trump’s demonization of Renée Nicole Good
What does George Soros have to do with the violence in Minneapolis? Good question.
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Opinion I was in a high school production of ‘Anne Frank’ — today in Minnesota, I feel her fear more than ever
In spite of the ICE agents patrolling our streets, we still try to believe people are good at heart
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