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Americans keep getting killed in the West Bank. Here’s how the US could fight that awful trend
The US has no jurisdiction over settlers, unless they're American. And many of them are
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Opinion American Jews were played — now what?
It is now obvious that antisemitism was never the real reason for the Trump administration’s attacks on universities. What lessons can we learn from this great exploitation?
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Opinion How I got AI to create fake Nazi memos — and what that means for the future of antisemitism
The rise of AI chatbots creates three main risks for Jews
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Opinion What exactly is going on between Israel and Syria — and is the prospect of peace dead?
Yesterday, Israeli airstrikes damaged the Syrian Ministry of Defense in the heart of Damascus
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Opinion Oh, great, Elon Musk’s antisemitic AI is about to ride shotgun in my Tesla
Musk is putting MechaHitler — er, Grok — in my car. Thanks?
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Opinion First Camp Auschwitz, now Alligator Alcatraz — why the right is obsessed with commodifying brutality
The Trump administration has masterminded a way of using 'edgelord' humor to deflect criticism
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Opinion This German word explains Trump’s authoritarian impulses — and Hitler’s rise to power
In Trump's second term, the president seems to be embracing the concept of Führerprinzip
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Opinion I’m a Zionist Democrat. Mamdani has me asking if I must choose between my ideals and identity
The controversial candidate's rise could spell trouble for the whole Democratic party
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Opinion The scourge of Netanyahu’s self-interest has brought Zionism to its breaking point
The Times confirmed what we all knew about Israel's prime minister. There's only one way this ends — and it's grim
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Opinion An app that warns of ICE raids — inspired by the memory of the Holocaust
'In Germany it did not start with the Jews,' said Joshua Aaron
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Opinion A quiet IRS policy change could pose a massive threat to the rabbinate
There's a reason that synagogues are supposed to be apolitical spaces
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