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Is supporting peace illegal in Israel? A shocking arrest carries a warning
Crackdowns on free speech for Palestinians were always going to lead to the same for Jews
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Looking Forward Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors
A history teacher in Saint-Quentin, France, is reconstructing a lost community, one story at a time
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Opinion Women aren’t equal citizens in Israel. But this week brought us closer than ever
At the same time the right-wing seeks to curtail women's religious freedom, women rabbis celebrated an unprecedented win
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
I learn from debating with my classmates, not from having their speech silenced
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Opinion What it means for Jews when Trump administration officials misquote the Bible
Biblical rhetoric in American life has helped sustain a pluralistic moral vision, writes a scholar specializing in the influence of Jewish ideas on American history
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Letters New York shouldn’t divest from Israel Bonds — and voters should be wary of politicizing pensions
Calling to divest New York state's pension fund from Israel bonds misinterprets Jewish tradition
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Opinion How Israel became a country where teenagers murder each other in cold blood
A pair of shocking murders in Israel are symbols of a society in danger
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Opinion American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt
Piker's popularity is a clear sign that we must adjust our tactics for fighting antisemitism — not double down on condemnation
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Opinion The de facto annexation of the West Bank is a recipe for utter disaster
The alarming rise in attacks by Jewish extremists is part of a self-destructive state policy
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Opinion Marking Israel’s most joyous day with anguish over the country’s future
As Israeli Independence Day arrives, a sense of unity is hard to find
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Opinion Congress thinks my college is failing on antisemitism. My Jewish students disagree
A new House report on campus antisemitism seems to have involved minimal engagement with actual Jews at actual universities
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Opinion American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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