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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

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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
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  Elon Musk’s vision for Twitter endangers Jews and other minorities

  Social media sites with no limits on free expression have emboldened mass shooters and those who exploit minors to take their hate offline

  By Elad Nehorai Apr 29, 2022 | 4 min read
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  30 years after L.A. burned, two Latino Jewish immigrants bring hope to ground zero

  Near the corner of Vermont and Manchester avenues, someone created a huge mural consisting of a single word: “HOPES.” It’s been there for a while, and Michelle Clark, who lives nearby, sees it as a cruel joke. “Look around,” said Clark, 59, who was pushing a shopping cart full of recyclables. “It’s more like ‘The…

  By Rob Eshman Apr 28, 2022 | 3 min read
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  To memorialize their salvation, survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto built a sewer

  The Warsaw Ghetto Survivor’s Memorial is designed to look like a sewer — once the source of weapons, of food, of information for Jews stuck in the ghetto.

  By Nora Berman Apr 27, 2022 | 3 min read