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  When Rabin was assassinated, Israel changed before my eyes

  I was backpacking around the Middle East when Yitzhak Rabin was shot. I've never forgotten what I saw

  By Andy Carvin

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  Will Israel ever have another leader who truly wants peace?

  Israel is still living in the shadow of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination 30 years ago

  By Dan Perry Nov 4, 2025 | 6 min read
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  John Roberts will not save us — but we might just able to save ourselves

  Constitutional law scholar Leah Litman applies her strict scrutiny to what she sees as an increasingly 'lawless' Supreme Court

  By Robert Zaretsky Nov 3, 2025 | 4 min read

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  We’re Jews in Zohran Mamdani’s neighborhood. You don’t want NYC to be like this.

  'We love New York. We want to stay, not in silence, not on sufferance, but fully and without fear'

  By Asher Butler, and Hannah Castillo, and Tal Luigi Nov 1, 2025 | 6 min read
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  I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani

  He's shown up for my Jewish community in profoundly meaningful ways

  By Libby Lenkinski Nov 1, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Why are we so focused on Mamdani — not Nazi-inspired ideas proliferating on the right?

  Rabbis, by focusing their energies on combatting Mamdani, have failed to engage with the most serious threat to Jews in this country

  By Michael Rothbaum Oct 31, 2025 | 4 min read
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  I won’t vote for Democrats who backed Mamdani. I know I’m not the only one.

  A lifelong Jewish Democrat says he is committing to consequences before Mamdani’s supporters can try to win him back

  By Menachem Z. Rosensaft Oct 31, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Zohran Mamdani: The no-yes option

  We do not need to agree on every important issue if we agree on the most important ones

  By Jay Michaelson Oct 31, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Dating in New York after Oct. 7 was already painful. Then came Zohran Mamdani

  Connecting with other Jews has never been harder. There must be another way

  By David Berkowitz Oct 31, 2025 | 4 min read
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  A sign in my neighborhood says ‘The Holocaust is fake’ — I wish I felt surprised

  In a time of so-called 'fake news,' the truth doesn't seem to matter anymore

  By Aviya Kushner Oct 30, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Conflict over Mamdani is a reminder: We still can’t agree on the line between anti-Zionism and antisemitism

  There are risks in conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism

  By Mira Sucharov Oct 30, 2025 | 4 min read