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 the ‘genocide’ charge in this war gets right — and wrong
Genocide is an emotionally powerful word, but also a dangerous one
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Opinion Calling Israel’s actions ‘genocide’ harms the cause of human rights everywhere
'Genocide' has a very specific legal definition within human rights law — it shouldn't be used carelessly to make polemical points
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Opinion What does Jewish law say about the war between Israel and Hamas? Depends where you look.
For both hawks and doves, there's a lot that's troubling about the Jewish law of war
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Opinion Spare us your explanations about what’s happening in Israel — now is the time for grief
Nearly every Jew knows someone directly affected by the violence in Israel, and in a sense, we're all sitting shiva
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Opinion Dianne Feinstein was tenacious and contradictory — just like American Jews
Sen. Feinstein’s combination of views reflected the general center of the American Jewish community
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Culture Why Sukkot is my favorite Jewish holiday
Shaking a lulav, finding the most fragrant etrog, eating outside with no patriarchal judgment — what's not to love?
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Opinion For Lauren Boebert and her appalling ‘Beetlejuice’ antics, the season of repentance is at hand
The Colorado representative's words and actions have gone well beyond mere hypocrisy
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Opinion Why do Trump and Netanyahu hate liberal Jews and cozy up to antisemites?
For the former US president and current Israeli prime minister, any friend of nationalism is a friend of theirs
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