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  Blame Roy Cohn for the vicious backlash to Jeffrey Goldberg’s group chat scoop

  The Atlantic editor is being inundated with blatantly false denials — and antisemitic hatred

  By Rob Eshman

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  On the left as well as the right, a thick residue of antisemitism in France

  Like Marine Le Pen's far-right movement, Defiant France remains defiantly antisemitic

  By Robert Zaretsky Mar 26, 2025 | 4 min read
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  After years of torture and deprivation, are Palestinians finally ready to stand up to Hamas?

  Tuesday protests against Hamas in Gaza marked a small but significant shift

  By Dan Perry Mar 26, 2025 | 4 min read

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• Jay Michaelson Being Jewish in America today feels like walking multiple tightropes at once

  

• Rob Eshman My brother-in-law’s kibbutz weathered Oct. 7. Then came the Iranian missile strikes

  

• Nora Berman Zohran Mamdani is right about what ‘intifada’ means — well, kind of

  

• Dan Perry Might Iran become Trump’s Iraq? Americans are wary — but shouldn’t be

  

• Emily Tamkin Israeli leaders are using Holocaust comparisons to justify attacks on Iran. Is that kosher?

  

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  Mike Huckabee said there’s ‘no such thing as a Palestinian.’ It’s worth thinking about what that means

  President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel draws attention to the lack of linguistic clarity in the Middle East

  By Rabbi Avi Shafran Mar 25, 2025 | 3 min read
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  There’s a bleak historical explanation for why Columbia’s capitulation to Trump is so concerning

  There’s a long history of authoritarians cracking down on their country’s universities

  By Marianne Hirsch Mar 24, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Beware an administration that bellows ‘English Only’ and ‘America First’ while decimating education

  Trump's executive orders aren't about language as much as they are about shutting down other perspectives

  By Aviya Kushner Mar 22, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Is this new documentary giving voice to American Jewish anguish — or simply stoking fear?

  'October 8' has blinders on when it comes to Israel and contemporary Jewish identity

  By Nora Berman Mar 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Seems like everyone’s mad at Chuck Schumer. That’s bad for Jews (including the ones who are mad at Chuck Schumer)

  Jews are being caught in the middle of forces beyond our control. It's unlikely to turn out well

  By Rabbi Joshua Davidson Mar 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Despite war and political turmoil, Israel is the 8th happiest country on earth. I think I know why

  A new survey shows the troubled country is weirdly content, while happiness in the U.S. has plummeted

  By Rob Eshman Mar 20, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Two would-be authoritarians, alike in attacking democracy: The Trump-Netanyahu alliance grows ever more toxic

  As Netanyahu moves to fire the Shin Bet chief, Israel faces a moment of democratic reckoning that will be eerily familiar to Americans

  By Dan Perry Mar 20, 2025 | 5 min read
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  What Jews around the world stand to lose from the shuttering of USAID

  The agency targeted by the Trump administration has been a living example of tzedakah that saved thousands upon thousands of lives

  By Benjamin Ivry Mar 20, 2025 | 4 min read