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Temple Israel was my home — and what I learned there can help us get through this difficult moment
Growing up in the West Bloomfield, Michigan, a congregation that came under attack teaches the power of connection with each other and with neighbors
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Looking Forward What I learned at a Holocaust survivors’ Purim party
The undisguised joy of dancing together
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Opinion A gunman attacked a Michigan synagogue. Here’s what happens to the community next
Mass violence has effects that linger long after camera crews leave
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Opinion The one crucial domain in which Iran outwitted Israel
The ayatollahs have helped to shape popular perceptions of Israel on the left — whether or not the left knows it
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Opinion I was sexually abused at my synagogue as a child. Here’s how our community can protect others from that horror
There are best practices that could have helped me — and should help many others
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Opinion This Jewish philosopher knows our politics are absurd — and why that’s a good thing
In his underappreciated essays, Thomas Nagel counsels us against taking the world, our ourselves, too seriously
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Opinion Trump’s Iran dithering puts Israel in an unprecedented position
Israel is fighting a war in Iran over which it lacks fundamental control
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Opinion Can the US really bring Iranians democracy?
While some yearn for a return to the days of the shah, that solution carries its own risks
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Opinion Why war with Iran puts the US-Israel alliance at risk
The American public is increasingly skeptical of Israel, and doesn't understand why they're at war
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Opinion During WWII, a heroic Jewish lawyer warned against the dangers of a dual state — is it coming true in Trump’s America?
Ernst Fraenkel would have recognized the way our legal system is splintering
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Opinion The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel
Why can’t Marco Rubio explain the war as well as Haviv Rettig Gur?
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