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  Black People Are Very Forgiving. We Will Not Forgive Bloomberg.

  Black people maybe the most forgiving group in America. It’s why some relatives of the victims of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church shooting in Charleston, during which nine black people were gunned down by a young white supremacist, felt compelled to forgive Dylann Roof almost immediately. It’s why the younger brother of a black man, Botham…

  By Issac J. Bailey

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  American Jewish Identity Is Now Expressed Through Opposing Israel – And Vice Versa

  I recently met with a young liberal Jewish activist — let’s call him Josh — at a hip Brooklyn coffee shop, where over $5 cups of cold brew filled mostly with ice, we discussed the revival of the Jewish left and the arc of Josh’s own Jewish identity. Now in his late twenties, Josh grew…

  By Tracy Frydberg Nov 18, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Have Your Say | Is It Ever Okay To Pose With Holocaust Memorials?

  Have Your Say is your chance to tell us what you think. Comment below or on Facebook and let us know what you think about the question posed in the headline. We’ll incorporate your answers in a story later in the week! Presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg was photographed by his husband at the Holocaust…

  By Forward Staff Nov 18, 2019 | < 1 min read

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  Being Mixed Race And Jewish Means Constantly Being Asked To Choose

  The following is an excerpt from “The Color of Love” by Marra B. Gad, which was published this month by Agate Bolden Books. My friend Rosa often says she is amazed that I can be loving. Or kind. Or happy. She says that because she knows a fair bit about what some like to call…

  By Marra B. Gad Nov 13, 2019 | 9 min read
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  In An Era With Two Jewish Centers, We Need A New Zionism

  It’s no secret that we Jews are living in divided times. In recent years, more and more American Jews have become frustrated with specific Israeli policies and are defining their entire relationship with Israel by the areas of their disagreement. That has led to more American Jews publicly criticizing Israel, which has led to more…

  By Zack Bodner Nov 13, 2019 | 4 min read
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  I’m An Orthodox Jew. Why Is Bernie Sanders Whitewashing Violence Against Us?

  If any of my fellow Orthodox Jews were naïve enough to expect presidential candidate and Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ recent essay entitled “How to Fight anti-Semitism” to have a single word about how to combat the daily violent attacks we are facing, they would be sorely mistaken. Indeed, while purporting to hold the key to…

  By Eli Steinberg Nov 12, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Forum: A Guide To Our Coverage Of Bernie Sanders’s Anti-Semitism Op-Ed

  On Monday, the magazine Jewish Currents published an essay by Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, about his experience as an American Jew and his philosophy on fighting anti-Semitism. Sanders’s article, his most personal yet, not only touched on anti-Semitism but also his views on white supremecy, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Zionism The piece generated so…

  By Forward Staff Nov 12, 2019 | 2 min read
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  Bernie Sanders’ Oped On Israel And Anti-Semitism Leaves More Questions Than It Answers

  Discussing Bernie Sanders often feels like peering into the examination room where a Rorschach test is being implemented: Discussing the Vermont senator’s Jewish identity and his politics spawns more questions than it answers. Is he Jewish enough? Is he too Jewish? And what does he think about Israel or wielding power as president anyway? Luckily…

  By Alex Zeldin Nov 12, 2019 | 5 min read
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  Bernie Sanders Is Blind To The Anti-Semitism On His Own Side

  Bernie Sanders reminds me of Moshe Dayan. (Read on please.) He’s got a patch on one eye. Dayan wore his patch because of military injury. Sanders wears his for ideological purposes. It’s on his left eye and it prevents him from seeing what’s going on next to him. However, it leaves him eagle eyed for…

  By Deborah E. Lipstadt Nov 12, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Bernie Sanders’ Oped Settles It: You Can Be Both Progressive And Zionist

  On Monday, the left-wing Jewish Currents news organization posted an op-ed by Senator Bernie Sanders on fighting anti-Semitism in America today. It speaks mainly to his progressive supporters in the Jewish community and articulates his progressive Zionist position on the Israeli occupation. It is a call for American Jews to recognize that the threat of…

  By Abe Silberstein Nov 12, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Senator Sanders, Fighting Anti-Semitism Requires Actions, Not Just Universalist Promises

  You’d be excused if, like me, you felt as if Bernie Sanders‘s op-ed on Jews and anti-Semitism seemed oddly familiar. A hundred years ago, in a country far, far away, a group of left-wing revolutionaries sought to win over millions of Jews with their universalist message. Jews, they said, should give up their particularist concerns…

  By Izabella Tabarovsky Nov 11, 2019 | 4 min read