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Opinion Can we please stop talking about Bradley Cooper’s nose?
Twitter is up in arms over the actor wearing a prosthetic nose to play Leonard Bernstein in Maestro
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Opinion With the latest staggering indictment, Donald Trump may finally face his personal Yom Kippur
As we enter Elul — the Jewish month for penitence and reflection — all eyes are on Georgia and the man who was just indicted there
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Opinion The mayor called it a ‘vicious, targeted antisemitic attack.’ So why did the men accused get sentenced to a museum visit?
A court transcript muddies the narrative around an anti-Israel protest in Los Angeles
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Opinion Covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and its aftermath tested me as a Jewish journalist
When the gunman blew out the glass doors of the synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, two American Jewish stories collided: One of open, proud practice and one of terror of what lurks among one’s neighbors
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Opinion What Jewish law says about Dianne Feinstein, Bernie Sanders and how old is too old
Respect for our elders is a central value. So is looking out for their best interests.
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Opinion AIPAC’s attacks on J Street show how out of touch they are
Israel faces existential threats to its democracy. Those threats are not coming from us
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Opinion Does Torah allow fighting back — with folding chairs?
Unprovoked attack on Black boat captain fuels a melee — and hilarity online
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Opinion Normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia is not imminent
Despite recent attention to a U.S.-brokered deal, there has been no movement on the most significant issue: the Palestinians
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