Opinion

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  I’m a Jewish gay man who resisted apartheid. LGBTQ rights in the U.S. are slipping away from us.

  As we celebrate another Pride Month, our nation is backsliding, and our hard-fought gains are in peril.

  By Robert Bank

  4 min read
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  The circumstances of Shireen Abu Akleh’s tragic death and funeral prove Israel has not learned from the past

  As Sunday's Jerusalem Day march through the Muslim quarter approaches, I fear more violence is inevitable.

  By Muhammad Shehada May 27, 2022 | 5 min read
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  Putin is no match for my Jewish Ukrainian babushka

  With a little Krav Maga training, my grandmother is a force to be reckoned with.

  By Florina Rodov May 26, 2022 | 5 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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  What part of ‘Just kill them’ does the world not understand?

  Leaked documents proving China’s Uyghur genocide give the world no excuses not to act.

  By Rob Eshman May 25, 2022 | 4 min read
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  What will it take for Orthodox Judaism to hold sexual abusers accountable?

  As other denominations attempt to address institutional sexual misconduct, Orthodox leadership remains notably absent

  By Asher Lovy May 25, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Unless we teach our teens about consent, sexual assault at Jewish summer camps will continue

  While educators have developed tools that can help teen boys develop healthier sexualities, very few camps are using them.

  By Rabbi Daniel Brenner May 25, 2022 | 4 min read
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  When it comes to gun control, why can’t the U.S. be more like Israel?

  Common sense gun laws won’t prevent the next Uvalde, but they will save thousands of lives.

  By Rob Eshman May 25, 2022 | 4 min read
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  A Palestinian was shot and paralyzed over a generator. Now Israel threatens to take his home

  The Israeli High Court ruled against permanent legal status for residents of Masafer Yatta, an area that Israel says is a firing range.

  By Zak Witus May 24, 2022 | 4 min read
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  It’s not about you: Why the Forward’s article on the anti-Jewish elements of the Buffalo shooter’s screed was offensive

  This tragedy was not about Jewish Americans. It was about African Americans and white supremacy.

  By Elizabeth Webster May 23, 2022 | 3 min read
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  My fellow white Jews: This is not our shiva

  While Black Jews began to mourn, Jewish media fixated on the fact that the gunman’s screed was explicitly antisemitic.

  By Sharon Rose Goldtzvik May 23, 2022 | 4 min read
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  Who gets to say what is kosher? A Long Island restaurant is caught in the crosshairs

  Disputes over the business of kashrut have become a regular feature on the dockets of U.S. courts.

  By Michael A. Helfand May 23, 2022 | 3 min read