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  A Holocaust perpetrator was just celebrated on U.S. soil. I think I know why no one objected

  Russia's invasion has made ordinarily outspoken critics of antisemitism wary of criticizing Ukrainian Nazi collaborators

  By Lev Golinkin

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  A Palestinian leader just gave Trump an unprecedented opening to pursue peace

  Mahmoud Abbas just did something extraordinary. Time for the U.S. to respond

  By Dan Perry Apr 23, 2025 | 4 min read
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  How Ukraine became to the far-right what Israel is to the left

  As the left's obsession with Israel curdles into antisemitism, so too does the right's contempt for Ukraine

  By Simone Rodan-Benzaquen Apr 23, 2025 | 3 min read

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• Jay Michaelson Stephen Miller’s cavalier cruelty misses the whole point of Passover

  

• Rob Eshman He’s one of Israel’s worst extremists. So why is this Jewish society at Yale legitimizing him?

  

• Nora Berman What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it

  

• Dan Perry A Palestinian leader just gave Trump an unprecedented opening to pursue peace

  

• Emily Tamkin Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil

  

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  The profound Yom HaShoah lesson we desperately need to remember under Trump

  In Hebrew school, this holiday taught me empathy

  By Tamar Manasseh Apr 23, 2025 | 3 min read
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  How Trump’s attacks on the university target what has made America great for Jews

  Rising antisemitism is a painful reality, but we can't tolerate or excuse tactics that will do grave harm to Jews, and to society at large.

  By Suzanne Nossel Apr 23, 2025 | 9 min read
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  He’s one of Israel’s worst extremists. So why is this Jewish society at Yale legitimizing him?

  Rolling out the red carpet for Itamar Ben-Gvir is a sure way to damage Israel

  By Rob Eshman Apr 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Shackled, imprisoned and subjected to false accusations, Kilmar Abrego Garcia recalls the fate of Captain Alfred Dreyfus

  As in the infamous 'Dreyfus Affair,' a man has been condemned on the basis of flimsy evidence and flat-out lies

  By Robert Zaretsky Apr 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  The dangerous Nazi legend behind Trump’s ruthless grab for power

  Trump has created an American version of Adolf Hitler's 'Dolchstosslegende,' also known as the 'stabbed-in-the-back' lie

  By Terrence Petty Apr 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  I first met Netanyahu in 1988. Here’s how he became the most destructive leader in Israel’s history.

  How a brilliant man became a national tragedy

  By Dan Perry Apr 19, 2025 | 10 min read
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  Why can Harvard stand up to Trump? Because it didn’t give in to pro-Palestinian student protests

  If last spring's campus protesters had their way, Harvard's endowment might have shrunk too much to support the university now

  By Dany Bahar Apr 18, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Yes, the attack on Gov. Shapiro was antisemitic. Here’s what the left should learn from it

  How ‘pro-Palestinian’ rhetoric infected Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mentally troubled arsonist

  By Rob Eshman Apr 18, 2025 | 4 min read