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  The impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas is a high-tech lynching of an American Jew

  The great replacement theory and Zionist conspiracies fuel the GOP effort

  By Rob Eshman

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  Imagining the unthinkable: Israel ceasing to exist

  History offers no guarantee of any nation’s existence

  By Robin Washington Jan 11, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Why it’s time to leave the labels of ‘Zionist’ and ‘anti-Zionist’ behind

  Instead of aligning on shared values, the Jewish community is divided by the term "Zionist"

  By Lux Alptraum Jan 11, 2024 | 5 min read

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• Rob Eshman Liberal Zionists are under attack. A new book proves their work has never been more important

  

• Dan Perry Israel’s most dangerous war is with itself

  

• Emily Tamkin American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt

  

• Jay Michaelson Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it. 

  

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  How Twitter activists turned a viral story about Orthodox Jews into a modern blood libel

  White nationalists, rebranded as 'pro-Palestinian activists,' have used the war and recent news cycles to spread antisemitic conspiracy theories

  By Elad Nehorai Jan 9, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Netanyahu’s allies spent years slandering the man now tasked with cleaning up their mess

  Netanyahu’s allies scapegoated the judge and human rights expert for years. Now, they need him at The Hague.

  By Alex Lederman Jan 9, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Jews must reject calls for ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians

  Forced migration in war is a crime against humanity. Israeli ministers putting it on the table is a threat to the future of Israeli democracy no less than this government’s attempt to overhaul Israel’s judiciary.

  By Daniel Sokatch Jan 9, 2024 | 4 min read
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  As Desmond Tutu visited the Middle East in 1989, I thought peace was at hand — what went wrong?

  Can Christmas still bring hope to the Holy Land, even in times of war and strife?

  By Sidra DeKoven Ezrahi Jan 9, 2024 | 5 min read
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  The worst thing American Jews can do right now is hide

  A Los Angeles synagogue moving its service due to a nearby pro-Palestinian demonstration is an example of what not to do

  By Michael Berenbaum Jan 8, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Gazans are starving. Airdrops of aid could help change that

  Aerial food drops over Gaza could help prevent a famine while bypassing security and distribution challenges

  By Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib Jan 6, 2024 | 6 min read
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  Calls to depopulate Gaza are a dangerous pipe dream

  Population transfer is as morally and strategically indefensible as many of the Israeli right’s other fantasies.

  By Evan Gottesman Jan 5, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Claudine Gay’s resignation from Harvard was necessary but insufficient

  The bungling of campus antisemitism is not about one person’s failures, but broader moral rot at our nation's universities

  By Peter Fox Jan 2, 2024 | 3 min read