Opinion

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  We exposed a CNN journalist’s antisemitic tweets. His apology was rife with deflection

  Sensitive issues like Israel should be covered only by journalists who have not spread antisemitism

  By Gil Hoffman

  2 min read
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  Opinion

  Learning Hebrew brought me closer to Judaism — and alienated me from Israel

  Israeli politicians tells their own people one thing and English-speakers another, writes a doctoral candidate at the University of Chicago

  By Joel Swanson Jan 13, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  ‘There’s a real crisis in American Jewry’ — a new book warns of worsening deadlock in U.S.-Israel relationship

  In 'We Are Not One: A History of America's Fight Over Israel', the historian exposes uncomfortable truths about the two nations' unique relationship

  By Nora Berman Jan 12, 2023 | 8 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman Want to understand what’s wrong with the ‘pro-Palestine’ movement? This Palestinian can help

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Allowing rabbis to officiate intermarriages will alienate the Conservative movement from its own members

  It is impossible to fathom how Conservative Judaism can retain its members if it allows its clergy to officiate intermarriages

  By Roberta Rosenthal Kwall Jan 12, 2023 | 3 min read
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  A year after the Colleyville hostage incident, four practical ways Jews can protect themselves

  Congregation Beth Israel’s decision to take safety seriously saved lives, and we can all learn from their example

  By Michael Masters Jan 12, 2023 | 3 min read
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  How a lost (and found) wallet in Jerusalem gave me hope about Israel’s future

  An Arab-Muslim cabbie and an ultra-Orthodox immigrant unite to help a hapless American tourist

  By Leora Fishman Jan 11, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  I was fired from CNN for antisemitic tweets. How do I make amends?

  My teenage comments were abhorrent. Yet the context in which I made them is important to understand

  By Idris Muktar Jan 11, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  I’m a Jew of color. Stop conflating us with Hebrew Israelites

  Jews of color can set the record straight on the meaningful historical differences between themselves and Hebrew Israelites

  By Yirmiyahu Danzig Jan 10, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Letters

  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

  By Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips Jan 9, 2023 | 2 min read
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  Israel’s democratic future looks grim. Here’s a rational case for staying optimistic

  Israel’s political past shows that governments have less impact on everyday life than we think, even when they actually implement policies

  By Shuki Friedman Jan 9, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  The Israeli way out of the Kevin McCarthy debacle

  A unity speakership can stop the madness and help save America

  By Rob Eshman Jan 6, 2023 | 3 min read