Rabbi Jay Michaelson is a contributing columnist for the Forward and the writer of Both/And with Jay Michaelson. He is the author of 10 books, and won the 2023 New York Society for Professional Journalists award for opinion writing.
Jay MichaelsonContributing Columnist
By Jay Michaelson
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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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Opinion Passover’s 4 cups of meaning
The Seder offers a model for how to resist the ‘Meaning Crisis’ without falling into nihilism or hyper-traditionalism
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Opinion Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left
Obsessed with Israel, the anti-antisemitism industry is failing to confront the threat of right-wing nationalism — and, in some cases, making it worse
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Opinion We are talking past one another on Zionism
Does the term refer to an ideology in theory, or a historical reality?
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Opinion Tragically, ‘genocide’ has become a meaningless word
A new pro-Israel petition mirrors the left in draining an important term of its meaning
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Opinion Trying to influence progressives in New Jersey, AIPAC may actually help one get elected
Did no one in the room voice a concern about the ‘Israel Lobby’ trying to surreptitiously influence the outcome of an election?
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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 What can really be done to prevent antisemitic attacks like Bondi Beach?
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