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  For Lauren Boebert and her appalling ‘Beetlejuice’ antics, the season of repentance is at hand

  The Colorado representative's words and actions have gone well beyond mere hypocrisy

  By Jay Michaelson

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  Opinion

  Must I say kaddish for my abusive father?

  I had prayed to God for help. Now, for the first time, I could pray to God from my synagogue.

  By Marcela Kogan Sep 19, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Why do Trump and Netanyahu hate liberal Jews and cozy up to antisemites?

  For the former US president and current Israeli prime minister, any friend of nationalism is a friend of theirs

  By Jay Michaelson Sep 19, 2023 | 4 min read

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• Rob Eshman Trump is backed into a corner on Iran. Get ready for him to start blaming Jews

  

• Dan Perry Israelis have no idea where the Iran war is going. But they know it’s part of Netanyahu’s campaign

  

• Emily Tamkin Hungary is poised to topple an authoritarian leader. American Jews have something to learn

  

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

  

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  By Emily Tamkin Sep 18, 2023 | 3 min read
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  By Michael Koplow Sep 18, 2023 | 3 min read
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  If we want to test whether or not the Jewish people are still one body, we must see how one head responds to the suffering of the other.

  By Rabbi Angela Buchdahl Sep 18, 2023 | 5 min read
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  By Michael A. Helfand Sep 15, 2023 | 4 min read
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  By Mary Kohav Sep 14, 2023 | 4 min read
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