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  Dr. Ruth taught me everything I know — because she was my mom

  As we approach her first yahrtzeit, I’m remembering all my mom had to educate me about — including the importance of family, the perils of loneliness, and relationships

  By Joel Westheimer

  5 min read
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  How my Jewish great-grandfather paved the way for Zohran Mamdani — and Donald Trump

  The language being used to attack Mamdani sounds a whole lot like what my great-grandfather experienced in the 1930s

  By Stefanie Iris Weiss Jul 1, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  Here's what the president has wrong about the case against Netanyahu

  By Dan Perry Jun 29, 2025 | 3 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman ‘Israel is seen as violent’ — and Israeli chefs, once global culinary icons, are feeling the heat

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Can we say Donald Trump’s Middle East nuclear strategy is dangerous — if it isn’t even a strategy?

  Years of back channel negotiations and nuclear non-proliferation treaties have been upended by a president making it up as he goes along

  By Terrence Petty Jun 28, 2025 | 4 min read
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  ‘Israel is seen as violent’ — and Israeli chefs, once global culinary icons, are feeling the heat

  How Eyal Shani is navigating war — while his business partner speaks on behalf of a controversial aid effort

  By Rob Eshman Jun 27, 2025 | 4 min read
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  After Zohran Mamdani’s upset, there’s a way forward for pro-Israel progressives

  In the fight for economic fairness for all, Jews shouldn’t have to give up on defending their particular interests, writes a long-time contributor to Dissent magazine

  By Benjamin Ross Jun 27, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Pro-Palestinian protesters are suddenly supporting Iran. They might want to talk to some Palestinians

  No, Israel's strikes on Iran aren't morally similar to its war in Gaza

  By Rob Eshman Jun 25, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  Antisemitism is a real problem. Is the way it's being called out in politics making things worse?

  By Emily Tamkin Jun 25, 2025 | 5 min read
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  A great Jewish historian guided America away from war — is there no one to guide Donald Trump?

  Trump could use an advisor like Barbara Tuchman whose 'Guns of August' was crucial to JFK during the Cuban missile crisis

  By Robert Zaretsky Jun 25, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  New Yorkers voted for affordability, not criticism of Israel. But American Jews can still learn from this election.

  By Jay Michaelson Jun 25, 2025 | 4 min read
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  For Trump and Netanyahu, statecraft is now synonymous with stagecraft

  From Golan to Gaza, the two have long blended spectacle and smoke and mirrors with strategy

  By Dan Perry Jun 24, 2025 | 4 min read