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The one crucial domain in which Iran outwitted Israel
The ayatollahs have helped to shape popular perceptions of Israel on the left — whether or not the left knows it
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Opinion I was sexually abused at my synagogue as a child. Here’s how our community can protect others from that horror
There are best practices that could have helped me — and should help many others
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Opinion This Jewish philosopher knows our politics are absurd — and why that’s a good thing
In his underappreciated essays, Thomas Nagel counsels us against taking the world, our ourselves, too seriously
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Opinion Trump’s Iran dithering puts Israel in an unprecedented position
Israel is fighting a war in Iran over which it lacks fundamental control
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Opinion Can the US really bring Iranians democracy?
While some yearn for a return to the days of the shah, that solution carries its own risks
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Opinion Why war with Iran puts the US-Israel alliance at risk
The American public is increasingly skeptical of Israel, and doesn't understand why they're at war
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Opinion During WWII, a heroic Jewish lawyer warned against the dangers of a dual state — is it coming true in Trump’s America?
Ernst Fraenkel would have recognized the way our legal system is splintering
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Opinion The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel
Why can’t Marco Rubio explain the war as well as Haviv Rettig Gur?
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Opinion Gavin Newsom just confirmed the demise of the Democratic party’s support for Israel
American Jewish voters, who overwhelmingly trend liberal, are about to face some difficult choices
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Opinion Why I already miss Rev. Jesse Jackson
In Chicago, I saw the legendary civil rights leader heal the divides between the Black and Jewish communities
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Opinion The left won’t let Iranians be grateful for the end of Khamenei’s reign
Doing nothing about a brutal regime is its own kind of choice
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