Opinion

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  Palestinians aren’t fooled by Abbas flip-flopping on the Holocaust

  Abbas’ Holocaust remarks were a desperate stunt to revive his collapsed popularity

  By Muhammad Shehada

  3 min read
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  Opinion

  Please stop calling my Orthodox son’s marriage an ‘arranged marriage’

  The community's matchmaking system may be foreign to liberal Jews, but not all such marriages are 'arranged'

  By Rabbi Robyn Frisch Aug 18, 2022 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  Mahmoud Abbas’ comments about the Holocaust are abhorrent. Here’s what we should learn from them

  Abbas' accusation that Israel committed '50 Holocausts' is dangerous revisionist history

  By Nora Berman Aug 17, 2022 | 3 min read

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  By Tamar Manasseh Aug 17, 2022 | 3 min read
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  By Laura E. Adkins Aug 16, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Letters

  Columnist ignores Palestinian complicity in recent Gaza fighting

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  By Ralph Lieberman Aug 11, 2022 | 2 min read
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  What one hotly watched Manhattan race tells us about New York’s Jewish voters

  If supporting Israel has become a wedge issue, NY-12's Democratic candidates seem not to have gotten the memo

  By Laura E. Adkins Aug 11, 2022 | 4 min read
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  In ‘A League of Their Own,’ queer representation is a home run. But Jewish representation leaves much to be desired

  Executive produced by and starring Abbi Jacobson, the new series 'A League of Their Own' is a remake of the classic 1992 film

  By Nora Berman Aug 11, 2022 | 5 min read
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  I read a secret transcript of Hasidic sex advice. I’ve read worse.

  TV shows like ‘Unorthodox’ skewed my understanding of a real Hasidic wedding night

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