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  Debate | Who is the future of the Democratic Party and what does it mean for Jews?

  On Tuesday evening, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced his pick for vice president: California Senator Kamala Harris. While that was going on, Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was in the process of winning her primary. The two women pose starkly different versions of the Democratic Party, especially when it comes to Israel. Harris is a…

  By Ari Hoffman and Joel Swanson

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  After Charlottesville, Black and Jewish Americans can’t afford to let our differences divide us

  America feels like a country on the brink. We have been sickened by a global pandemic, shaken by waves of protests and suffocated by political paralysis. But as we pause to recall the anniversary of the “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, hate could be the most damaging condition affecting our country. A…

  By Jonathan Greenblatt and Nick Cannon Aug 11, 2020 | 3 min read
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  The hypocrisy of fat shaming Nazis

  Since I am a prominent Jewish woman on the internet, I have obviously received my fair share of ant-Semitic and sexist harassment. And much of that harassment has been focused on my looks. I apparently have a Jewish nose, frizzy Jew hair, and “Khazer milkers” (my breasts). These white supremacists claim they can tell I’m…

  By Mia Brett Aug 11, 2020 | 4 min read

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

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman ‘Israel is seen as violent’ — and Israeli chefs, once global culinary icons, are feeling the heat

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  Amar’e Stoudemire is sparking joy for Haredi Jews like me

  In a world that continues to produce social media celebrities and superstars at a dizzying pace, it’s hard for me to bring myself to get excited about anyone’s social media posts. Increasingly, social media has become a toxic sphere, filled with self-centered shallowness and one-upmanship, with extraordinarily little else. I can always pass on that….

  By Eli Steinberg Aug 10, 2020 | 5 min read
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  For Biden to be truly pro-Israel, he’ll have to do more than just refute Trumpism.

  The unveiling of the 2020 Democratic Party platform raises the question of what approach the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, will take to foreign policy in general, and towards Israel in particular should he win the election. A Biden presidency promises positive change for the world and Israel, but will it…

  By Nadav Tamir Aug 10, 2020 | 3 min read
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  Israel’s protests are an opportunity for American Jews to fall back in love with the Zionist dream

  Jewish history is once again happening in Jerusalem. Saturday night saw tens of thousands of Israelis in front of the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Residence and all over the world expressing anger at a range of sources: Netanyahu’s endless tenure, his web of corruption, and a Covid response that started strong but has since buckled…

  By Ari Hoffman Aug 10, 2020 | 3 min read
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  A USC student was told her Zionism ‘made her complicit in racism’

  The University of Southern California, where I work, is embroiled in a student government controversy — and its implications could reverberate far beyond our campus. It began when Truman Fritz, the former president of the undergraduate student body, stepped down in early July after being accused of racial microaggressions. Now, comments made during the push…

  By Stephen D. Smith Aug 6, 2020 | 3 min read
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  What victories for BDS in Congress means for American Jews

  It’s hard to know when the wave began, but there can be no doubt that it’s gaining strength. In a series of primaries across the nation, progressive challengers have succeeded in ousting incumbents in Democratic primaries. These incumbents have included some of the most pro-Israel stalwarts in government. Their ouster suggests a much bigger story:…

  By Ari Hoffman Aug 5, 2020 | 3 min read
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  How wins for BDS can be wins for American Jews

  The results of two Democratic primaries yesterday spell out an important message, not just for American politics but for American Jews. The victories of Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Black Lives Matter activist Cori Bush of Missouri, both of whom have voiced support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement against Israel, will force…

  By Joel Swanson Aug 5, 2020 | 6 min read
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  Stop calling anti-Zionism anti-Semitic. It’s morally repugnant in its own way.

  Defining anti-Zionism should be easy. It is, as the name would suggest, opposition to Zionism. And since we all know what Zionism is, anti-Zionism should in theory be considerably simpler to define than, say, anti-Semitism, since there is no such thing as “semitism” which the anti-Semite opposes. Zionism, on the other hand, has an easily…

  By Shany Mor Aug 4, 2020 | 5 min read
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  How Jewish Americans can help stop China’s genocide of Uighur Muslims

  It is a well-documented fact that China is engaged in cultural and physical genocide against the Uighurs, a Muslim group who once constituted a majority in the province of Xinjiang. China is attempting to erase Uighur culture by shuttering mosques, banning the Uighur language in schools, and holding more than one-million Uighurs in “re-education” camps…

  By Coby Goldberg Aug 4, 2020 | 3 min read