Opinion

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  There’s a biblical precedent for the rifts opened by Oct. 7 — it should alarm us all

  Can we stop testing one another for ideological purity?

  By Andrew Rehfeld

  4 min read
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  I’m Israeli. She’s Palestinian. There’s a devastatingly simple reason why we’ve bonded during this war

  The only people who remotely understand this conflict are the ones who have personally suffered through it

  By Judith Hertog Oct 4, 2025 | 6 min read
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  Opinion

  Hamas made a remarkable offer — because Trump laid a remarkable trap

  Is peace finally on the horizon?

  By Dan Perry Oct 4, 2025 | 4 min read

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• Jay Michaelson A Yom Kippur confessional for 2025

  

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• Nora Berman The terrifying Nazi precedent for Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension — and the reasons to stay hopeful

  

• Dan Perry Hamas made a remarkable offer — because Trump laid a remarkable trap

  

• Emily Tamkin Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else)

  

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  Two years after Oct. 7, even Israelis are losing faith in Israel

  Can Zionism survive the disenchantment of the Jewish state's citizenry?

  By David Christopher Kaufman Oct 3, 2025 | 3 min read
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  What I saw as a British rabbi after the Manchester synagogue attack punctured Yom Kippur

  Uncertainty reigned during services, followed by clarity: Things will change for Jews in the UK

  By Rabbi Miriam Lorie Oct 3, 2025 | 4 min read
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  A crucial Yom Kippur reading holds a scathing lesson on Gaza

  The Book of Jonah insists we combat our instinct to withhold mercy

  By Sruli Fruchter Oct 1, 2025 | 3 min read
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  I’ve seen what freedom looks like — and I can see Trump trying to take it away

  Amid echoes of the 1980s and the twilight of the Communist regime, it's time for a new generation of dissidents

  By Terrence Petty Sep 30, 2025 | 5 min read
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  As an Asian American Jew, I never felt like I belonged. Then I fasted for Yom Kippur in China

  The Asian and Jewish sides of my heritage had far more in common than I could have ever imagined

  By Daniel Tam-Claiborne Sep 30, 2025 | 5 min read
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  ‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world

  This year, the traditional confessional prayer Jews recite is not enough.

  By David N. Myers and Chaim Seidler-Feller Sep 30, 2025 | 4 min read
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  When did Donald Trump become a liberal Zionist?

  The president's new peace plan appears to take a left down J Street

  By Rob Eshman Sep 29, 2025 | 4 min read
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  A Yom Kippur confessional for 2025

  After a year marked by pain, division and rancor, perhaps it's time for a new sort of Al-Chet prayer

  By Jay Michaelson Sep 29, 2025 | 3 min read