David N. Myers teaches Jewish history at UCLA and is a member of Smol Emuni US.
David N. Myers
By David N. Myers
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Opinion ‘For the sins we have committed’: Reimagining Yom Kippur liturgy in a post-Oct. 7 world
This year, the traditional confessional prayer Jews recite is not enough.
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Opinion The horror in Gaza is a catastrophe for Jews — this Tisha B’av must be a reckoning
We must mourn not just the violence done to us, but also that we have done to others
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Opinion After the DC shooting, both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups are failing
The deaths of the murdered couple demand deeper introspection from both groups
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Opinion Trump wants campuses to fight antisemitism. Here’s how they should actually do it
One idea: Invest in Palestine studies as well as Israel studies
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Opinion Amnesty International makes it crystal clear: Israel is in desperate need of a reality check
Think what you will of genocide allegations; what's inarguable is that the divide between Israel and the world is growing
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Culture Remembering Arnold Band, a towering figure in Jewish studies
Band, who has died at 94, brought a classicist touch to his studies of Agnon, Kafka, Yehoshua and countless others
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Opinion I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?
The university should have anticipated Tuesday night's chaos — but security personnel were nowhere to be found
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Opinion Vaccine hesitancy is not a uniquely Haredi problem
The first case of polio in years was recently revealed to be an Orthodox Jewish man, leading some to blame the community at large
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