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Why are we so focused on Mamdani — not Nazi-inspired ideas proliferating on the right?
Rabbis, by focusing their energies on combatting Mamdani, have failed to engage with the most serious threat to Jews in this country
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Opinion I won’t vote for Democrats who backed Mamdani. I know I’m not the only one.
A lifelong Jewish Democrat says he is committing to consequences before Mamdani’s supporters can try to win him back
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Opinion Zohran Mamdani: The no-yes option
We do not need to agree on every important issue if we agree on the most important ones
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Opinion Dating in New York after Oct. 7 was already painful. Then came Zohran Mamdani
Connecting with other Jews has never been harder. There must be another way
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Opinion A sign in my neighborhood says ‘The Holocaust is fake’ — I wish I felt surprised
In a time of so-called 'fake news,' the truth doesn't seem to matter anymore
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Opinion Conflict over Mamdani is a reminder: We still can’t agree on the line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism
There are risks in conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism
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Opinion The rabbinic backlash against Zohran Mamdani isn’t about Mamdani at all
It's about the rifts in the Jewish community after Oct. 7 — and our ongoing unwillingness to address them
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Opinion In the Mamdani-Cuomo race, why should I choose safety as a Jew over safety as a woman?
The relentless focus on whether Mamdani is a threat to Jews overlooks his opponent's alleged record with women
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Opinion Anyone saying Jews face a simple choice in the NYC mayoral election is not paying attention
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, head of the Reform movement, weighs in
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Opinion Does that Trump Time magazine cover really reference a Nazi war criminal?
Careful observers have noticed an eerie resemblance between Trump's pose and that of Alfried Krupp
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Opinion Demanding loyalty of the US military, Trump hungers for ‘the kind of generals that Hitler had’
The current American president is not the only leader who has sought loyalty to himself, not his country
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