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Blacks and Orthodox Jews are being unfairly targeted. It’s a reminder that we’re in this together.
There are some aspects of life which are constants, as reliable as the sun rising each morning in the east and setting each evening in the west. Hatred of the other is one such constant. Even during a pandemic, prejudice against my community and racism against the Black community just doesn’t take a break. Of…
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Opinion ADL’s anti-Semitism numbers confirm what we know: Anti-Semitism is contagious
The battle between the algorithm and the gut is a well told tale, played out in baseball front offices and Davos panels. Do we trust our instinct or the numbers? The premise behind the question is that these two paths lead to different conclusions. The ADL’s just-released Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2019 is an entirely…
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Opinion ‘He asked if his Rebbi didn’t like him anymore.’ Special needs families are struggling with the pandemic
Sarah W. has six children. The youngest are three-month-old twins. But they aren’t the most challenging. Three of Sarah’s children were born with hydrocephalus, a condition in which spinal fluid accumulates in the brain, hindering development. It took years for Sarah’s children to learn how to dress themselves and feed themselves. When they are taught…
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Opinion Israel quietly helped Gaza fight corona. Israelis approved.
In late March, the first two people in Gaza Strip were diagnosed with COVID-19. The ongoing humanitarian disaster of Gaza was poised to reach a crescendo. Surprisingly, positive things happened instead. The overcrowded strip of land holds nearly two million people hemmed in by a 13-year old closure imposed by Israel and frequent restrictions on…
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Opinion I live in camp country. Our health services already struggle. Camp this summer could destroy us.
I live in camp country. We got about six inches of snow last night… yes, in May. My kids regularly get on their bikes with their fishing rods balanced on the handlebars (makes for easy social distancing) and head to one of the 330 lakes in our city limits. They build forts in the greenspace…
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Opinion If you care about religious minorities, join us in opposing Little Sisters of the Poor’s case
The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments for a case about religious liberty. Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania involves an organization of Catholic nuns seeking an exemption from providing their employees with contraception. Since it is a case that concerns religious liberty, we at Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed…
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Opinion We’ve debated ourselves into irrelevance over liberalism and Zionism
There are two versions of the story we tell ourselves about the increasingly curdled romance between a sizeable chunk of American Jews and the Jewish State. If you’re on the left, you probably believe that somewhere along the way, Zionism lost its liberalism. If you’re on the right, you probably believe the opposite, that liberalism…
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Opinion Letter | ADL is an ardent advocate for the religious freedom of Jews and all Americans
To the Editor: In their [article in these pages](“Why are liberal Jewish organizations undermining religious liberty?,”), Howard Slugh and Mitchell Rocklin completely misconstrue the Anti-Defamation League’s long history of religious freedom advocacy and the issue before the U.S. Supreme Court in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania. For over a century, ADL has been…
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Opinion If Israel proceeds with annexation, American Jews will socially distance – from Israel
I recently participated in a conversation about Israel with a group of five very thoughtful 20-something Jews from a variety of backgrounds. It was stunning to hear the pain, fear, and confusion that marks how young Jews engage with Israel — or try to engage. One word in particular came up over and over: Shame….
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Opinion Coronavirus lockdown meant a break from shidduch pressure — until it didn’t
I’m expecting my cap and gown in the mail any day now, and that is not a sentence I ever thought I’d write. In fact, a lot of unexpected things have been happening lately. Unprecedented things. Which is why I was startled to receive an email from my university the other day regarding an upcoming…
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Opinion It’s the anniversary of Iran’s murder of a Jewish businessman. The Jewish community must break its silence.
In 1967, when the Islamic clerics of Tehran were in the middle of constructing their new and grand Hossieneh Ershad mosque in the heart of the city, their funds for the project dried up. They turned to individual Muslim business leaders and observant Islamic individuals for financial help to complete the grand mosque after work…
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