Opinion

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  Jon Stewart is not our ‘spokesjew’ — he normalized hate speech

  In his interview with Stephen Colbert, Stewart failed to truly address antisemitism and erased Black Jews in the process

  By Elad Nehorai

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  We deserve better haters than Chappelle, West and Irving

  Jews have been accused of the same things for thousands of years. Surely there are new tropes out there for creative bigots

  By Shalom Auslander Nov 17, 2022 | 2 min read
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  Dave Chappelle didn’t say the harshest things about Jews last week — this comedian did

  Why does one stand-up comedian get a pass while another gets pilloried?

  By Rob Eshman Nov 16, 2022 | 3 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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  Trump destroyed the guardrails against antisemitism — and there’s no going back

  We used to ostracize public figures for even loose affiliations with antisemitism. Those days are long gone

  By Larry Cohler-Esses Nov 11, 2022 | 5 min read
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  What two moderate, middle-aged Jewish men can teach us all

  Adam Frisch and Josh Shapiro drew a roadmap for a brighter political future

  By Rob Eshman Nov 11, 2022 | 3 min read
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  FDR’s broken promise: The Allies defeated the Axis powers in Africa — but the concentration camps stayed open

  Operation Torch helped topple the Axis powers and Nazi-controlled Vichy regime, but local Jews and Muslims continued to suffer

  By Aomar Boum and Sarah Stein Nov 8, 2022 | 4 min read
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  What Netanyahu’s win in the Israeli elections means for the war in Ukraine

  Russia is celebrating Netanyhu’s win. But does Putin still have a partner in Israel?

  By Ksenia Svetlova Nov 8, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Unpacking Kanye and Kyrie: Condemn antisemitic acts, but don’t destroy Black men

  There are many layers to antisemitic tweets — including a degree of truth behind some assertions

  By Robin Washington Nov 7, 2022 | 6 min read
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  Why Israelis like me voted in a right-wing government

  A new Likud voter explains why they voted for Netanyahu's party

  By Sara Yoheved Rigler Nov 7, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Local governments are losing the fight against antisemitism. Here’s how to win

  Twice in the past five years, neo-Nazis and KKK members have come here to spew their hatred in my town, writes a local Jewish politician

  By Joel Rubin Nov 4, 2022 | 3 min read
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  I was hired to photograph a bar mitzvah at the Kotel. It was disrupted by Haredi protestors

  Bar mitzvah attendees were violently harassed by dozens of Haredim, despite holding the ceremony in the egalitarian section

  By Laura Ben-David Nov 3, 2022 | 4 min read