Opinion

• Opinion

  ‘Quiet quitting’ sounds sort of … Jewish?

  The rabbis weren’t slackers, but they understood the need for work-life balance

  By Andrew Silow-Carroll

  4 min read
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  Opinion

  We know the names of Envigo’s cute rescued beagles. Here are the names of the people who abused them.

  Judaism demands personal responsibility. This animal testing scandal shows how our society avoids it.

  By Rob Eshman Aug 26, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Israel is criminalizing Palestinian human rights defenders. American Jews must push the US to intervene

  Israel's raid on seven Palestinian human rights NGOs is not a sign of a healthy democracy

  By Daniel Sokatch Aug 25, 2022 | 5 min read

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

  

• Jay Michaelson American Jews were played — now what?

  

• Rob Eshman Americans keep getting killed in the West Bank. Here’s how the US could fight that awful trend

  

• Nora Berman First Camp Auschwitz, now Alligator Alcatraz — why the right is obsessed with commodifying brutality

  

• Dan Perry What exactly is going on between Israel and Syria — and is the prospect of peace dead?

  

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

  

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  Letters

  In Holocaust exhibit, unanswered questions are the point

  President and CEO of Museum of Jewish Heritage responds to author's praise and critique

  By Jack Kliger Aug 24, 2022 | < 1 min read
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  Opinion

  Dan Goldman won NY-10 — but does Brooklyn really need another white, straight, wealthy male politician?

  New York City will now likely have two Jewish representatives in Congress

  By Nora Berman Aug 24, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  With Nadler victory, Manhattan likely to keep its Jewish congressman

  Outspent by Maloney, Rep. Jerry Nadler still pulled ahead in the polls and will keep his seat

  By Laura E. Adkins Aug 23, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  ‘Ya Ukrainets’

  ‘I am Ukrainian’: With war, Jews of Ukrainian descent embrace their identity

  By Robin Washington Aug 23, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  The CNN documentary glossed over progressive antisemitism. I’ve faced it, and we must confront it

  Antisemitism on the progressive left is insidious, and we ignore it to our detriment

  By Neta Meltzer Aug 23, 2022 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  We are two Jewish lawyers fighting for immigration justice in our retirement

  As descendants of Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Eastern Europe, it is our moral responsibility to help asylum seekers today

  By Helen Freedman and Henry Freedman Aug 22, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Books

  I’m a rabbi who witnessed the attack on Salman Rushdie in Chautauqua. Here is how we can combat this type of hate

  The brutal assault on the famed author in Chautauqua is a potent reminder of the power of civics education

  By Rabbi Charles E. Savenor Aug 22, 2022 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  Israel renewing ties with Turkey is a bigger deal than the Abraham Accords

  Both countries have a lot to gain from rebuilding the historical bridge between their peoples

  By Dany Bahar Aug 18, 2022 | 3 min read