Rabbi Jay Michaelson is a contributing columnist for the Forward and the writer of Both/And with Jay Michaelson. 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 Responding to Walz pick, the Right resorts to antisemitism-baiting
No, Gov. Shapiro was not passed over because he was Jewish
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Shapiro is a Jewish American dream; his candidacy would have been a distraction
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Opinion JD Vance’s weird ideas about parenthood: a Jewish critique
Vance's hyper-natalist obsession goes counter to Jewish traditions — and a few Catholic ones too
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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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Everything has its season; this is not the season for despair
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The far-right nationalist project, coordinated by the Heritage Foundation, would be very bad news for Jews
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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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