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  How to navigate the Court of Trump? Esther’s pragmatism vs. Vashti’s principles

  What the holiday tale of palace intrigue has to teach us about this fraught political moment

  By Elliot Cosgrove

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  Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is a shanda for democracy (and, yes, for Jews)

  Why is President Donald Trump so insistent on not following the law?

  By Rob Eshman Mar 12, 2025 | 3 min read
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  I grew up under a terrifying authoritarian regime. Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is right out of their playbook

  As a longtime Columbia professor, I am horrified by the Trump administration's deceitful attacks on our campus

  By Marianne Hirsch Mar 12, 2025 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren Calling everything a crisis is bad for the Jews

  

• Jay Michaelson Before I learned Kabbalah, I learned from David Lynch

  

• Rob Eshman Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is a shanda for democracy (and, yes, for Jews)

  

• Nora Berman Since Oct. 7, my daughter has become anti-Israel, and I’m grieving

  

• Dan Perry Actually, the ceasefire deal might not be the biggest threat to Netanyahu’s coalition

  

• Emily Tamkin Thank god Trump didn’t talk about antisemitism in his speech to Congress

  

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  In Trump’s assault on the media, disturbing flashbacks to the Third Reich

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  By Terrence Petty Mar 7, 2025 | 4 min read
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  A Pentagon official spewed antisemitism. Her words about child victims of Oct. 7 are even more hateful

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  By Carly Pildis Mar 6, 2025 | 3 min read
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  By Michael David Lukas Mar 5, 2025 | 6 min read
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  Actually, the ceasefire deal might not be the biggest threat to Netanyahu’s coalition

  The Haredi draft crisis is reaching a new peak as a March 31 deadline looms

  By Dan Perry Mar 5, 2025 | 4 min read