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The terrifying Nazi precedent for Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension — and the reasons to stay hopeful
In 1939, Goebbels ended the careers of five comedians for making fun of Nazis
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Opinion Will Judaism after Gaza actually be different from Judaism before Gaza?
The tension between particularism and universalism is fundamental to Jewish tradition
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Opinion Yair Golan: On this Rosh Hashanah, Israel’s reckless government needs to hear the voices of Diaspora Jews
An Israeli opposition leader says 'Jews around the world need to confidently and boldly speak up now for the Israel they love and need'
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Opinion As Jimmy Kimmel is pulled off air, ‘this is so much worse than McCarthyism’
Charlie Kirk's murder is accelerating the White House's battle against cultural and academic freedom
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Opinion Israel’s central covenant with Jews is in peril like never before
From ‘There he is’ to ‘Where are they?’
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Opinion Netanyahu’s pitch for Israel as ‘super-Sparta’ is a dystopian death wish
The prime minister's dark new vision would drive the country into ruin
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Opinion Hollywood’s boycott of Israeli filmmakers is an act of spectacular self-sabotage
Actors like Emma Stone and Javier Bardem aren't helping Palestinians — they're silencing Netanyahu's harshest critics
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Opinion It was the wildest scheme in American Jewish history. 200 years later, should it be remembered as a failure?
In the two centuries since the founding of Ararat — a self-governing Jewish colony in New York — much has changed, and much has stayed the same
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Opinion Amid terror in Jerusalem, a cab driver’s brave gesture showcased the Israel I’ve always loved
During Monday's attack, I saw the kind of care between fellow Israelis that makes the country so unique
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Opinion ‘A long record of failure’: Is it time to put the two-state solution to rest?
Two Oslo negotiators argue in their new book that it's time to reckon with narratives, not logic
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Opinion He showed Americans the visceral horrors of the Third Reich — what would he think of Trump’s US?
William Shirer chronicled the collapse of one democracy. What would he see in his home country today?
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