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  Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship

  Israel looks less like an independent power and more like a client state

  By Dan Perry

  4 min read
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  Letters

  The real reason Jews care about Marilyn Monroe

  It's not just that she didn't 'look Jewish' or that she made an odd pair with Arthur Miller

  By Jacob Feuer Jun 3, 2026 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it

  The march featured leaders whose domestic policies hurt everyday Israelis

  By Rachel Fink Jun 3, 2026 | 4 min read

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• Dan Perry Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship

  

• Emily Tamkin Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point

  

• Jay Michaelson When it comes to Israel/Palestine, everyone is sure that everyone else is a bigot

  

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  A staggering act of antisemitic hate proves the danger of Israel’s death penalty

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  By Michael Zoosman Jun 2, 2026 | 3 min read
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  New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani

  Honoring three far-right Israeli ministers was an indefensible political choice

  By Joel Swanson Jun 1, 2026 | 4 min read
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  My university is enabling the Trump administration’s worst fallacies on antisemitism

  As UCLA faces yet another lawsuit, it should consider a more wide-ranging approach to combatting campus hate

  By David N. Myers May 28, 2026 | 4 min read
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  In Miami, rekindling the Black-Jewish alliance that Clarence Jones insisted never died

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  By Robin Washington May 28, 2026 | 3 min read
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  By Libby Lenkinski May 27, 2026 | 3 min read
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  In Trump’s assault on democracy, echoes of Nazi Germany but new glimmers of hope that America will be different

  Unlike the Reichstag in its final years, American lawmakers are finally showing signs of resistance

  By Terrence Petty May 23, 2026 | 4 min read