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  Trump’s Executive Order Against College Campuses Is Bad For The Jews

  On Tuesday, the New York Times revealed that the Trump Administration plans a new executive order that aims to crack down on college campus anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, penalizing universities for failing to protect Jewish students. You may feel as I do that college campuses have gotten increasingly — and inexcusably — anti-Semitic in recent years….

  By Howard Lovy

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  Rep Eric Swalwell | We Must Hold Trump Accountable For Embracing Anti-Semitism

  Hate is on the rise in America, oozing like poison into our national dialogue — and even into our government’s official business. It’s on all of us to call it out, and tone it down. FBI data shows hate crimes reached a 16-year high in 2018. Even California, which has some of the strongest hate…

  By Eric Swalwell Dec 10, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Labour Voters: There’s No Excuse.

  “The Labour Party is no longer a safe space for Jewish people.” So reads the damning opening line of the Jewish Labour Movement’s thoroughly-depressing submission to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s investigation into Labour’s anti-Semitism crisis, made public just one week before British voters go to the polls on Thursday. The Jewish Labour Movement…

  By Liam Hoare Dec 10, 2019 | 4 min read

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  I Am A Rohingya Refugee. Today, We Seek Justice

  Today, Myanmar will at last have to answer for genocide — one of the worst crimes known to humankind — at the International Court of Justice. This is a crucial step toward making amends to the families of men, women and children who were raped, tortured, murdered or displaced. A victory at this prestigious court…

  By Yasmin Ullah Dec 10, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Progressives Need To Face The Truth: Jeremy Corbyn’s Record On Anti-Semitism Is Bad.

  When it comes to the furor surrounding British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed anti-Semitism, three unsettling things are true. First, Corbyn is not the major party candidate most complicit in bigotry. That ugly distinction goes to Britain’s current prime minister, Boris Johnson. Second, the British Jewish establishment has largely given Johnson a pass, which…

  By Peter Beinart Dec 9, 2019 | 12 min read
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  Thank You, Tiffany Haddish, For Reminding Us How Precious Our Heritage Is

  Something of great significance for the Jewish community happened last week. We must recognize and embrace it as such. Some folks — myself included — will have to get out, if just for the moment, of the lane we have long been traveling in. And we should be grateful for that opportunity. I refer not…

  By Deborah E. Lipstadt Dec 9, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Trump Is Right: I Don’t Love Israel Enough To Enable His Bigotry

  This past weekend, President Trump delivered a speech to the Israeli American Council invoking several anti-Semitic tropes. These included a “dual-loyalty” accusation, when he said that many Jewish Americans “don’t love Israel enough.” What Trump is talking about isn’t love; it’s hostage-taking. Trump, speaking to the Israeli American Council: “You’re not nice people at all,…

  By Carly Pildis Dec 9, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Don’t Believe Netanyahu. Israel Doesn’t Need The Jordan Valley. Here’s Why.

  This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, concurrent with rising speculations that the Trump administration may support Israeli annexation of the Jordan River Valley. Netanyahu’s latest focus on annexing the valley is a transparent political ploy to stay in power and pressure Gantz to accept a unity…

  By Ilan Goldenberg Dec 6, 2019 | 5 min read
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  My Cousin Mohammed Abukhdeir’s Murder – And The Jews Who Mourned Him – Changed Me Forever

  In the summer of 2014, my homeland was saturated with grief. It was the grief engendered by the loss of 531 children. The first three were Israeli. My cousin and neighbor, Mohammed Abukhdeir, was the fourth. Gaza would soon come to mourn 526 more. My life changed in unexpected ways after Mohammed’s murder. My family…

  By Kefah Abukhdeir Dec 5, 2019 | 10 min read
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  Judaism Is Not Just For Jews: The Lesson Of Interfaith Families

  Now that nearly three out of four marriages among non-Orthodox Jews are interfaith, 84% of new households that include at least one non-Orthodox Jew are interfaith households. That means that the future vitality of every aspect of liberal Judaism depends on engaging increasing numbers of interfaith families in Jewish life. Yet instead of discussion of…

  By Edmund Case Dec 5, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Anti-Israel Activists On Campus Have Made Ignorance A Virtue

  If you’re a close follower of the issues Jewish students face on campus, you could be forgiven for feeling a bit of fatigue after a number of shocking anti-Semitic incidents occurred on college campuses in Canada last month. At the University of Toronto, controversy ensued after the graduate student union initially refused to support a…

  By Seffi Kogen Dec 4, 2019 | 4 min read