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  Marking Israel’s most joyous day with anguish over the country’s future

  As Israeli Independence Day arrives, a sense of unity is hard to find

  By Dan Perry

  4 min read
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  Opinion

  Congress thinks my college is failing on antisemitism. My Jewish students disagree

  A new House report on campus antisemitism seems to have involved minimal engagement with actual Jews at actual universities

  By Joel Swanson Apr 20, 2026 | 6 min read
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  Letters

  Our pioneering Reform synagogue has shrunk, but remains as vibrant as ever

  A recent article focused too much on our sale of our historic building, and not enough on our enduring values

  By Jordana Levine Apr 19, 2026 | 2 min read

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• Rob Eshman Trump is backed into a corner on Iran. Get ready for him to start blaming Jews

  

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• Jay Michaelson Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it. 

  

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  Opinion

  Alabama is forcing the Ten Commandments into my children’s classrooms. As a rabbi, I’m horrified

  This law privileges a specifically Christian interpretation of a central Jewish text

  By PJ Schwartz Apr 19, 2026 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Who’s responsible for deadly antisemitism? Everyone will hate the answer

  A new report makes clear how profoundly both the left and the right have failed to address a growing crisis

  By Joel Swanson Apr 17, 2026 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Winds of change are in the air in Hungary and at the Vatican. Will they reach as far as Israel?

  Viktor Orban's defeat and Pope Leo's homilies promise a return to common decency that Benjamin Netanyahu is still resisting

  By Robert Zaretsky Apr 16, 2026 | 4 min read
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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.

  By Jay Michaelson Apr 16, 2026 | 7 min read
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  Opinion

  Phasing out US subsidies for Israel’s military will strengthen our alliance — not end it

  A lasting security partnership must be sustainable, and the status quo no longer is

  By Jeremy Ben-Ami Apr 14, 2026 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Israelis have no idea where the Iran war is going. But they know it’s part of Netanyahu’s campaign

  Amid a faltering ceasefire, nothing is sure in Israel except for the prime minister's machinations

  By Dan Perry Apr 13, 2026 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  My father was in the Hungarian resistance. Orbán’s defeat reminds us why it mattered

  Resistance is always possible, even in situations that seem impossibly bleak

  By Jonathan Jacoby Apr 13, 2026 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Viktor Orbán may fall. Netanyahu should be next

  What Israel has to learn from Hungary's pending election

  By Dan Perry Apr 11, 2026 | 4 min read