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Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages
Demanding a complete Hamas disarmament is a sure way to prolong the war, with awful human costs
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Opinion What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it
Jewish university presidents are demonstrating more chutzpah than some of their counterparts
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Opinion As Israelis in New York, we’re horrified by ICE’s detention of one of our Palestinian partners in peace
An open letter in support of Mohsen Mahdawi
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Opinion The Passover attack on Josh Shapiro was terrifying. But don’t assume it was antisemitic
We need to be able to really understand the threats we face — not instinctively class them together
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Opinion This Nazi-era story shows why Trump won’t fix a terrifying deportation mistake
A French Catholic woman was incorrectly deported to Auschwitz — and came back with reports of its horrors
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Opinion I operate a small Judaica business. Trump’s tariffs are going to squelch Jewish innovation.
Raising the cost of manufacturing is going to make creators more cautious, writes the operator of a boutique Jewish press
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Opinion Trump’s followers see a savior, but Jewish historians know a false messiah when they see one
The president's whiplash-inducing tariff policies recall the strange case of the debunked mystic Sabbatai Zevi
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Opinion This Passover, let’s retire the word ‘Zionist’ once and for all
The Zionist movement worked. Time for terminology that reflects the world we actually live in, today
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Opinion Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil
The story of the Exodus is one of Jews deciding to reject our role in a tyrant's narrative
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Opinion Trump wants to fight antisemitism. So why did he kill funding for my Holocaust translation project?
When we defund public humanities, we risk narrowing our society in profoundly harmful ways
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Opinion Jewish life has thrived on my campus, amid pro-Palestinian protests — here’s what Trump doesn’t understand
As a Judaic studies professor, I used the upheaval as an occasion to educate — which is what universities are supposed to do
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News Student protesters being deported are not ‘martyrs and heroes,’ says former antisemitism envoy
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Opinion My Jewish moms group ousted me because I work for J Street. Is this what communal life has come to?
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News Who is Alan Garber, the Jewish Harvard president who stood up to Trump over antisemitism?
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Fast Forward Suspected arsonist intended to beat Gov. Josh Shapiro with a sledgehammer, investigators say
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Fast Forward Chicago man charged with hate crime for attack of two Jewish DePaul students
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Fast Forward In the ashes of the governor’s mansion, clues to a mystery about Josh Shapiro’s Passover Seder
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Fast Forward Itamar Ben-Gvir is coming to America, with stops at Yale and in New York City already set
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