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  Trump wants campuses to fight antisemitism. Here’s how they should actually do it

  One idea: Invest in Palestine studies as well as Israel studies

  By David N. Myers

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  I’m a rabbi. Here’s why I’m boycotting the megillah reading for Purim this year

  Purim's central text has always been troubling. This year, it's worse than that

  By Rabbi Elizheva Hurvich Mar 13, 2025 | 4 min read
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  I’m a liberal Jew. Count me out of the Tesla boycott

  Elon Musk's ideas are hateful. But protesting him isn't the only political priority that matters

  By Rob Eshman Mar 13, 2025 | 5 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Being Jewish in America today feels like walking multiple tightropes at once

  

• Rob Eshman My brother-in-law’s kibbutz weathered Oct. 7. Then came the Iranian missile strikes

  

• Nora Berman Zohran Mamdani is right about what ‘intifada’ means — well, kind of

  

• Dan Perry The US and Israel could topple the Iranian regime. They should choose negotiation instead

  

• Emily Tamkin Israeli leaders are using Holocaust comparisons to justify attacks on Iran. Is that kosher?

  

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  How to navigate the Court of Trump? Esther’s pragmatism vs. Vashti’s principles

  What the holiday tale of palace intrigue has to teach us about this fraught political moment

  By Elliot Cosgrove Mar 12, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is a shanda for democracy (and, yes, for Jews)

  Why is President Donald Trump so insistent on not following the law?

  By Rob Eshman Mar 12, 2025 | 3 min read
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  I grew up under a terrifying authoritarian regime. Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is right out of their playbook

  As a longtime Columbia professor, I am horrified by the Trump administration's deceitful attacks on our campus

  By Marianne Hirsch Mar 12, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Trump’s Columbia attacks won’t stop antisemitism. So why are Jewish leaders applauding?

  We can't prioritize short-term reassurances over long-term safety

  By Rabbi Jill Jacobs Mar 10, 2025 | 4 min read
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  At least one world leader understands the existential threat Putin poses to Europe and to Jews

  Emmanuel Macron gave the speech that Donald Trump never could

  By Robert Zaretsky Mar 10, 2025 | 5 min read
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  Trump should talk to anyone, anywhere, if it can save our hostages

  A retired IDF general who saved his family on Oct. 7 says every approach should be on the table to free Israeli from Gaza

  By Noam Tibon Mar 7, 2025 | 2 min read
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  BDS wants a boycott of ‘No Other Land.’ As Palestinian and Jewish peace activists, we disagree

  Joint Palestinian-Israeli initiatives are vital for shifting perspectives, fostering solidarity and amplifying Palestinian voices

  By Elijah Kahlenberg and Jadd Hashem Mar 7, 2025 | 4 min read
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  In Trump’s assault on the media, disturbing flashbacks to the Third Reich

  Hitler also consolidated his power by controlling, intimidating and punishing the press

  By Terrence Petty Mar 7, 2025 | 4 min read