Rabbi Jay Michaelson is a contributing columnist for the Forward and for Rolling Stone. He is the author of 10 books, and won the 2023 New York Society for Professional Journalists award for opinion writing.
Jay MichaelsonContributing Columnist
By Jay Michaelson
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Opinion What’s the right next move in this war — and why is it so hard to trust anyone’s answer?
Is Rafah an essential military target, or the latest victim of this government’s thirst for collective punishment?
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Opinion How aid to Israel fell victim to the cult of Trump
Once a 'third rail' for conservative politicians, voting down aid to Israel is now just another prop in the MAGA carnival
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Opinion The International Court of Justice ruling on Israel got it right
It is “plausible” that the Genocide Convention has been violated in Gaza, but a one-sided “ceasefire” is not the answer.
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Opinion Why do media outlets love scared Jews?
Yes, antisemitism is spiking. But in times of crisis, it's important to not give in to sensationalism
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Opinion How culture warriors weaponized Jewish grief and forced Harvard’s president to resign
Claudine Gay’s enemies are not our friends
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Opinion The university presidents were right and American Jews’ moral panic is wrong
Joining a right-wing war on higher education will not make us any safer
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Opinion It’s time for Israel’s far right to go
America’s support for Israel must have limits, and the demands of Jewish extremists for Gaza go beyond them
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Opinion Why is there a generation gap over Israel? Because of 20 years of the Israeli right
Politics is tribal, and Gen Z is more progressive than its forebears
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Opinion Don’t be fooled: Palestinian suffering in this war is exactly what Hamas wants
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Opinion ‘If I were injured there, the best thing would be to die’: An ICU doctor’s devastating mission to Gaza
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