Should we still recite the Prayer for the State of Israel if we disagree with its government?
A government and its policies should have little to do with the religious significance of Israel and our support for it
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The ADL did not go too far in its remarks on the NYT Hasidic yeshiva investigation
While we continue to find language in The Times' investigation problematic, we did not attempt to stop the story
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Not only is cremation controversial in Judaism, it pollutes the earth
Cremation may have a lower consumer cost, but it extracts a steep ecological price
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Despite rising antisemitism, now is the time for a film on the crimes of Harvey Weinstein
'She Said' does necessary work of affirming survivors of gender-based violence and discrimination
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How does one buy sustainable lox?
A sustainability executive from Acme Smoked Fish weighs in
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FDR was never going to meet with the rabbis marching on Washington
A historian responds to the claims FDR could have met with the 400 Orthodox rabbis marching to save Jews of Europe
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FDR had an option to save more Jews
A history professor responds to a debate in Ken Burns' latest documentary about FDR's inaction in face of Nazi atrocities
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Torah values would mean supporting LGBTQ students at YU
A law student responds to news that the Supreme Court will temporarily allow YU to refuse support of LGBTQ student club
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In Holocaust exhibit, unanswered questions are the point
President and CEO of Museum of Jewish Heritage responds to author's praise and critique
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Columnist ignores Palestinian complicity in recent Gaza fighting
A third of Gazans who were killed died from errant Islamic Jihad rockets, not Israeli airstrikes
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Letter | ADL: Critic distorted our record and ignored examples that undermine her argument
OpEd writer ‘entitled to her views’ but ‘loses credibility by creating her own facts,’ group says
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