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Opinion
For many queer Jews, Pride has lost its joy
The fallout after the Oct. 7 attack has compromised spaces where we once felt safe
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Opinion What exactly did Israel gain from striking Beirut and provoking Iran?
Sunday's strikes in Beirut marked a serious fumble in strategic judgment
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Opinion Progressive Jews are trying out post-Zionism. There’s one big flaw in their approach
Progressives must reckon with why Zionism is so powerful to effectively reject it
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Opinion It’s time for Jews who love Israel to give up on Zionism
There's a better ideology on which to build the safe, equitable future the region needs
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Opinion Israel gives in to the politics of debasement
A shocking new Knesset vote showed just how deleterious Netayahu’s governance has been
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
Israel looks less like an independent power and more like a client state
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Letters The real reason Jews care about Marilyn Monroe
It's not just that she didn't 'look Jewish' or that she made an odd pair with Arthur Miller
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
The march featured leaders whose domestic policies hurt everyday Israelis
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Opinion A staggering act of antisemitic hate proves the danger of Israel’s death penalty
New laws that would subject convicted terrorists to the death penalty will make Jews less safe, not more
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
Honoring three far-right Israeli ministers was an indefensible political choice
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Opinion How can I live freely as a Jew in a world where strangers rip my mezuzah off my doorframe?
Jewish life began to be more defined by fear long before the Oct. 7 attack
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