Opinion

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  This hostage deal is Biden’s victory. It’s also Biden’s shame.

  The sitting president put months of work into this deal, but he also let this war drag on, and on, and on

  By Emily Tamkin

  4 min read
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  This hostage deal is months too late — because people like me believed Netanyahu’s lies

  As we celebrate this ceasefire, we must also own all the failures that preceded it

  By Sruli Fruchter Jan 15, 2025 | 3 min read
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  ‘The rabbis did disaster pretty well’: Amid wildfires, LA Jews cope with regret — and rancor

  How do you recover when the winds of partisanship blow strong?

  By Rob Eshman Jan 14, 2025 | 5 min read

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• Nora Berman What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it

  

• Dan Perry I first met Netanyahu in 1988. Here’s how he became the most destructive leader in Israel’s history.

  

• Emily Tamkin Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil

  

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  Why is Netanyahu poised to OK a ceasefire that’s favorable to Hamas? One word: Trump

  An emerging deal would return hostages — and leave Hamas in power in Gaza

  By Dan Perry Jan 13, 2025 | 4 min read
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  ‘Just things’ — like what my LA neighbors have lost — are what makes houses into Jewish homes

  When the ashes are cool, it will be time to help fire victims replace irreplaceable Judaica, an Angeleno writes

  By Rachel Steinhardt Jan 12, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Celebrating Shabbat in Los Angeles: Amid the fires, a still, small voice

  The rabbi of a congregation displaced by fire describes carving out a holy day amid trauma and anxiety.

  By Rabbi Paul Kipnes Jan 12, 2025 | 4 min read
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  ‘Home is memory’: How Jews make sense of what they’ve lost in the LA fires and what remains

  Sharon Brous, founding rabbi of IKAR in Los Angeles, delivers a Shabbat sermon on this week's Torah portion, wisdom from the Warsaw Rabbi, and the meaning of home

  By Sharon Brous Jan 11, 2025 | 10 min read
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  What a remarkable Torah rescued from Iran — then LA’s fire — can teach about community amid devastation

  A scroll from Iran bears witness to enduring Jewish community

  By Rob Eshman Jan 10, 2025 | 4 min read
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  After 15 months of war, Israelis are all scaffolding, helping hold each other up

  I went to comfort a slain soldier’s father and came away with a lesson in community

  By Jessica Steinberg Jan 9, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Jews excel at collective organizing. The LA fires are a call to rally resources to fight climate change

  Catastrophic weather events are coming to define our lives, but it's not too late for change

  By Rabbi Jennie Rosenn Jan 9, 2025 | 3 min read
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  How ‘the most hated man in France’ became Trump ahead of his time

  Jean-Marie Le Pen's racism and xenophobia changed the political reality in the land of liberty, equality and fraternity

  By Robert Zaretsky Jan 9, 2025 | 4 min read