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  As a child, I shunned my Asian identity. As a Jewish adult, I embrace it

  Learning about what makes Chinese and Jewish cultures different from each other made me appreciate both more deeply

  By Christopher Michaelson

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  The Jewish case for reelecting Jerry Nadler has little to do with him

  Redistricting may leave New York City, for the first time in a century, without a Jewish representative in the House.

  By Lincoln Mitchell Jun 22, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Even after being taken hostage, heroic Texas rabbi is still welcoming the stranger

  When Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker let a visitor into his synagogue earlier this year, he was taken hostage. That hasn't stopped his commitment to making everyone feel at home.

  By Robin Washington Jun 22, 2022 | 3 min read

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• 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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  A wall between church and state? SCOTUS decision paves a bridge between faith communities

  The decision in Carson v. Makin is a watershed moment for both religious liberty and parental choice in education

  By Nathan J. Diament and Maury Litwack Jun 21, 2022 | 4 min read
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  The fall of Israel’s government empowers dangerous conspiracies on the right

  There has been a marked rise in poisonous rhetoric against Israeli Arabs by right-wing politicians over the past 12 months

  By Dany Bahar Jun 21, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Another Israeli government falls after mismanaging the Palestinian conflict

  How do you solve a problem like the occupation? Even a goodwill bromance coalition couldn’t figure it out

  By Dahlia Scheindlin Jun 20, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Why the Israeli government failed but isn’t a failure

  Bennett and Lapid's coalition government will leave a legacy on Arab-Jewish political partnership that should inform future progressive strategies

  By Abe Silberstein Jun 20, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Early freedom riders, including pioneering Jewish activist, get justice after 75 years

  ‘We failed these men,’ said the judge who vacated the convictions of Igal Roodenko, Joe Felmet, Bayard Rustin and Andy Johnson.

  By Robin Washington Jun 19, 2022 | 6 min read
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  Hasidic boys like mine don’t receive the education they deserve

  In a scathing report, the New York Supreme Court ordered the city and state to determine whether yeshivas are providing their students with an adequate academic education.

  By Beatrice Weber Jun 15, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Congress is closing the ‘boyfriend loophole.’ That could stop domestic abusers from turning into mass shooters

  Under current federal law, dating partners convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence are allowed to keep and purchase firearms. 

  By Rachel Apfelbaum Jun 14, 2022 | 3 min read
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  Stop bullying drag queens who perform in Israel

  Harassing drag performers like me does harm to queer Israelis and Palestinians

  By Matthew Nouriel Jun 13, 2022 | 4 min read