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Debate over the Blue Square Super Bowl ad is fading. The racist responses from my fellow Jews will be felt longer.
We will not succeed in combating antisemitism if we allow anti-blackness to live within our movements, writes an advocate and mother of Black Jewish children
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Opinion The Israeli government wants you to stop calling Oct. 7 a ‘massacre.’ Yes, really.
It's part of a broader effort to rewrite memory, evade responsibility and diminish the meaning of the attack
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Opinion Can Trump save Israel from itself?
New moves in the West Bank show the far-right has taken full control — and only the White House can stop them
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Opinion In two controversial ads, a tale of how not to fight antisemitism — or support Israel
Jews are tired of being treated like we must always be afraid
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Opinion American synagogues are being forced into a terrible choice: Collaborate with ICE or risk our own safety
Jewish federations should fund security so synagogues don’t have to accept the federal government’s conditions, a Philadelphia rabbi urges
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Opinion Trump is poised to reinforce Iran’s regime — despite Netanyahu’s pressure
There was no sign that a Wednesday meeting between the two leaders advanced Israel's priorities
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Opinion For the titans of industry in Nazi Germany and Trump’s America, silence and complicity enable authoritarianism
America's tech leaders should heed a listen from the tycoons who enabled Hitler's consolidation of power
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Opinion In Trump’s instinct to punish and desecrate, a rejection of the values of King David
A biblical parable about speaking truth to power takes on new meaning in a time of would-be authoritarians
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Opinion Why do so many Jews support Israel — but reject ‘Zionism’?
The political idea that once referred to Jewish self-determination has been distorted by occupation and bad faith
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Letters Why the Super Bowl antisemitism ad uses a familiar slur
The Blue Square Alliance Against Hate explains the research underlying its new ad campaign focused on allyship
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Opinion My university wants me to sign a loyalty oath — am I in America or Vichy France?
An unsettling memo from a Texas university recalls France's lurch into authoritarianism during WWII
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