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New York shouldn’t divest from Israel Bonds — and voters should be wary of politicizing pensions
Calling to divest New York state's pension fund from Israel bonds misinterprets Jewish tradition
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Opinion How Israel became a country where teenagers murder each other in cold blood
A pair of shocking murders in Israel are symbols of a society in danger
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Opinion American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt
Piker's popularity is a clear sign that we must adjust our tactics for fighting antisemitism — not double down on condemnation
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Opinion The de facto annexation of the West Bank is a recipe for utter disaster
The alarming rise in attacks by Jewish extremists is part of a self-destructive state policy
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Opinion Marking Israel’s most joyous day with anguish over the country’s future
As Israeli Independence Day arrives, a sense of unity is hard to find
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Opinion Congress thinks my college is failing on antisemitism. My Jewish students disagree
A new House report on campus antisemitism seems to have involved minimal engagement with actual Jews at actual universities
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Letters Our pioneering Reform synagogue has shrunk, but remains as vibrant as ever
A recent article focused too much on our sale of our historic building, and not enough on our enduring values
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Opinion Alabama is forcing the Ten Commandments into my children’s classrooms. As a rabbi, I’m horrified
This law privileges a specifically Christian interpretation of a central Jewish text
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Opinion Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer
A new report makes clear how profoundly both the left and the right have failed to address a growing crisis
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Opinion Winds of change are in the air in Hungary and at the Vatican. Will they reach as far as Israel?
Viktor Orban's defeat and Pope Leo's homilies promise a return to common decency that Benjamin Netanyahu is still resisting
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Opinion Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it.
Nothing will make antisemitism go away, but we can work together to mitigate its severity.
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Antisemitism Decoded The antisemites are enjoying themselves
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Fast Forward UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
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Sports Today’s American Jews finally have their era’s Sandy Koufax
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Fast Forward California Jewish groups decry antisemitic conspiracy theories printed in governor’s race voter guide
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Fast Forward Matan Koch, disability advocate who urged Jewish communities to ‘let everyone in,’ dies at 44
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Fast Forward Assault outside synagogue and rock thrown through Judaica shop window ratchet up Toronto Jews’ concerns
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Fast Forward Trump administration to deny green cards to applicants with record of anti-Israel speech