Opinion

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  A 69-year-old Jew died after a confrontation at a protest. His death offers important warnings

  Paul Kessler stood up against pro-Palestinian protesters. It shouldn't have ended tragically

  By Rob Eshman

  4 min read
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  The settler movement already has plans for Gaza

  Without a clear plan for Gaza's post-Hamas future, Israeli settlers are filling the vacuum with proposals to reoccupy

  By Eyal Lurie-Pardes Nov 7, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Hamas terrorists killed and kidnapped people from around the world — not just Israelis and Jews

  Nearly a third of hostages hold foreign passports, a fact that should be emphasized as not just Israel’s problem

  By Robin Washington Nov 7, 2023 | 4 min read

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• Alyssa Katz Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors

  

• Rob Eshman The San Diego imam defended Oct. 7. His mosque still deserves our help

  

• Dan Perry Don’t dismiss Israel’s most rage-baiting minister as fringe

  

• Emily Tamkin Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point

  

• Jay Michaelson When it comes to Israel/Palestine, everyone is sure that everyone else is a bigot

  

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  Siding with humanity means watching the horrific videos from Oct. 7 — and from the bombings in Gaza

  'The way to grasp the severity and the scale is to watch this, to be witness to this,' an IDF spokesperson said

  By Jodi Rudoren Nov 3, 2023 | 6 min read
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  My friends on the left want a cease-fire. Why aren’t they demanding that Hamas surrender, instead?

  I, too, am grieving the loss of innocent Palestinian lives. But a cease-fire will only create new openings for Hamas — not peace

  By Carly Pildis Nov 2, 2023 | 5 min read
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  We’re seeing a great awakening of American Jews. Can it last beyond fear and anger?

  Our faith and community has been taken for granted for too long

  By Elliot Cosgrove Nov 2, 2023 | 4 min read
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  In Jerusalem, Arab citizens are less visible now. Do they hate us?

  I feel safest here, despite the Israel-hating wolves at our borders

  By Jessica Steinberg Nov 1, 2023 | 3 min read
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  A settler killed a Palestinian farmer, and what happened next

  How helping to rescue a donkey taught me more about Hamas

  By Robby Berman Nov 1, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  What the ‘genocide’ charge in this war gets right — and wrong

  Genocide is an emotionally powerful word, but also a dangerous one

  By Jay Michaelson Oct 31, 2023 | 4 min read
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  The Israeli-Palestinian discourse on campus is even more terrifying than the Hamas attack

  Fundamentalism has taken over the humanities. Curiosity has been replaced by closed-mindedness; creativity stifled by uniformity

  By William Kolbrener Oct 31, 2023 | 3 min read
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  ‘It’s hard to be a Jew’ — old Yiddish proverb never felt more resonant in America

  Rabbis, parents of young children and teenagers all reeling from antisemitism or its silent sanction

  By Rabbi Joshua Davidson Oct 30, 2023 | 3 min read