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  What happened to Shireen Abu Akleh? American Jews must demand the truth

  The veteran Palestinian-American journalist was shot and killed May 11. That is all anyone can agree on.

  By Rob Eshman

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  Pregnant women in America and Israel face starkly different choices

  Compared to every other wealthy country in the world, America is staunchly anti-family and anti-mom.

  By Carly Pildis May 11, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Even in Israel, you’re never prepared for a terror attack

  Over the last few months, there have been a wave of deadly terror attacks around the country. Even so, I was not prepared for it to happen in my peaceful town.

  By Laura Ben-David May 10, 2022 | 5 min read

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• Nora Berman How the Oct. 7 aftermath splintered the New York Dyke March

  

• Dan Perry It looks like Israel totally underestimated Trump

  

• Emily Tamkin This week proved it: Trump’s approach to antisemitism at Columbia is horribly ineffective

  

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  Anti-Zionism is not (necessarily) antisemitism

  For ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to depict any and all anti-Zionist views or attitudes as antisemitic is wrong.

  By Hadar Susskind May 9, 2022 | 2 min read
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  Striking down Roe v. Wade will violate Jewish religious liberty

  Orthodox Jewish organizations are running out of time to organize our political power and communal voice in defense of abortion laws that allow us to keep our faith.

  By Ephraim Sherman May 3, 2022 | 5 min read
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  Jewish women are on the frontlines of the fight for abortion rights. We can’t give up hope now

  If the leaked SCOTUS ruling stands, in less than 60 days, women will become second-class citizens of this country. We must fight back, writes the CEO of Jewish Women International

  By Meredith Jacobs May 3, 2022 | 4 min read
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  What Jewish law really says about abortion

  The religious Jewish community cannot justify staying on the sidelines of the abortion debate, writes a Hasidic health care researcher.test

  By Ephraim Sherman May 3, 2022 | 7 min read
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  The leaked Roe v. Wade decision is a win for religious fervor

  The anti-abortion views are rooted in a specific Christian belief that life begins at conception and that abortion, therefore, is murder. Jews don’t believe that. 

  By Rob Eshman May 3, 2022 | 3 min read
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  I attended Harvard and have researched BDS. The Crimson editorial is not just noise

  Public opinion among young elites is turning against Israel — and damning the two-state solution.

  By Dany Bahar May 2, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Israel welcomes Ukrainian refugees. Why won’t it do the same for Palestinians married to Israelis, like my spouse?

  Israel has admitted thousands of Ukrainians since Russia's February invasion, yet bars Palestinians married to Israelis from entering the country.

  By Sari Bashi May 2, 2022 | 4 min read
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  ‘I’m not scared of anything anymore’: what it’s like leaving Auschwitz with a Holocaust survivor

  'I have nightmares from the memories,' Harry Olmer told me as we walked to Birkenau. 'But I’m not scared of anything anymore.'

  By Nora Berman Apr 29, 2022 | 5 min read