Opinion

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  This Shavuot, we are in the golden age of female Torah study

  There are so many female rabbi-scholars of Torah that it is no longer remarkable

  By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

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  On the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, DEI is under attack

  What part of diversity, equity or inclusion could any decent human being possibly be against?

  By Robin Washington May 25, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Why shouldn’t religious schools get funding for special education?

  A group of Jewish parents and schools are fighting California for equal access to government money

  By Michael A. Helfand May 25, 2023 | 4 min read

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• Alyssa Katz Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors

  

• Rob Eshman The San Diego imam defended Oct. 7. His mosque still deserves our help

  

• Dan Perry Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship

  

• Emily Tamkin Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point

  

• Jay Michaelson When it comes to Israel/Palestine, everyone is sure that everyone else is a bigot

  

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  Will the Biden administration’s strategy for combatting antisemitism get it right?

  Right-wing extremism — not anti-Israel sentiment — is the problem

  By Dylan J. Williams May 24, 2023 | 3 min read
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  The White House intends to fight antisemitism. That starts with a sensible definition.

  The IHRA offers the White House, and the world, an important description of a global scourge, writes the CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations

  By William Daroff May 23, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Traveling to Florida while wearing a skullcap? You could end up on death row

  NAACP’s travel advisory warning for Florida after DeSantis' assault on DEI programs has basis in historic racial injustice

  By Robin Washington May 23, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Mr. Potato Head, the sewing machine and the bra: The inventions, and their Jewish inventors that you never knew about

  In honor of National Inventors Month, we shine a spotlight on essential items invented by Jews

  By DenBerg May 23, 2023 | < 1 min read
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  How do we prevent the worst-case AI scenario? Religious AI scientists

  AI technologists need to view a higher power as the ultimate creator, which would temper the scope of their inventions

  By Micah Ezekiel May 23, 2023 | 4 min read
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  George Santos fabricated his life story. The person he pretended to be will defeat him in 2024

  Several of the candidates challenging for his seat have the Jewish heritage and business acumen that Santos boasted of

  By Sam Weinberg and Evan Shapiro May 19, 2023 | 3 min read
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  On Jerusalem Day, Ethiopian Jews remember those who never reached the Promised Land

  Now in the U.S., an Ethiopian Jewish mom recalls her journey as an 8-year-old to Israel

  By Robin Washington May 18, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Jerusalem Day celebrates the city’s reunification. Great Britain’s cryptic anthem is another story entirely

  The hymn ‘Jerusalem’ with words by William Blake glorifies the ancient city — in England

  By Robin Washington May 18, 2023 | 4 min read