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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….
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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:…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion My fellow Orthodox Jews: Start fighting for the Uyghurs
The Chinese concentration camps for Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities should strike fear into Jew's hearts
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Opinion My Dani Dayan problem
Dani Dayan has been making the virtual rounds the past few weeks as part of an elaborate goodbye tour. After four years of service as Israel’s consul general to New York, it is clear Ambassador Dayan will be dearly missed by the mostly liberal Jewish leadership in the tristate area. It was not supposed to…
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Opinion Peace – like persuasion – depends upon encountering the other
This article is part of a new series called “On Persuasion.” We asked thought leaders to consider what persuasion means to them. What works in terms of persuading people? Is it moot in 2020? What is the Jewish value of persuasion? Should we be opening our minds to other points of view, or closing them…
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