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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Politics How Biden embodies Jewish concepts of strength — while Trump makes a mockery of them
In encouraging an outmoded embrace of masculinity, Trump has fashioned a hollow fascimile of strength
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Opinion When American values are Jewish values — the convention speech I’d give in response to Shabbos Kestenbaum
No, it is not the Jewish way to inflame anger, distort truth, deny science and stand with America Firsters and Christian Nationalists
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Opinion It’s time for liberal Jews to shake off the dust, arise, and save democracy
Everything has its season; this is not the season for despair
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Opinion Project 2025 would be the end of the American Jewish dream
The far-right nationalist project, coordinated by the Heritage Foundation, would be very bad news for Jews
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Politics What would Donald Trump do in Gaza?
Some critics of the Biden administration say there's no difference between the two candidates on Israel policy. They're dead wrong.
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Opinion To save Israel, give Netanyahu a plea deal
It's time to give Bibi a way out — for the sake of the country's future
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Opinion How much more injustice will Trump’s Jewish supporters tolerate?
If we put up with criminality, we have sold our Jewish birthright for a bowl of nationalist porridge
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Opinion The Gaza War is neither a genocide nor a mission — it’s Revisionist Zionism in action
Right-wing Zionists say, 'We live in a tough neighborhood, so we have to be tough.' But has their ‘Shock and Awe’ strategy backfired?
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