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  What if a woman can’t win the presidency?

  No matter how you slice it, the United States is a dinosaur when it comes to electing women to the highest office. Not only has the U.S. never elected a woman to serve as president, a woman has never served as vice president. Nor has a woman ever even temporarily become the head of state…

  By Issac J. Bailey

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  Letter | Palestinian leaders — not Zionism — are responsible for their people’s suffering

  Dear editor, In his recent op-ed, Muhammed Shehada paints a picture of the Palestinians being victimized by Zionism, when it is actually Arab leaders — including Palestinian leaders — who are the main cause of Palestinian suffering. Unfortunately for the Palestinian people, the narrative Bernie Sanders has accepted is not one that is going to…

  By Toby F. Block Jan 22, 2020 | 2 min read
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  I’m an Orthodox Jew who loved National Review – until they betrayed us

  I first became aware of National Review after I immigrated from Switzerland to the U.S. I caught a clip of the online editor Charlie Cooke in a masterful debate with Bill Maher on gun control. Switzerland is frequently cited as the most gun-friendly country in the world, second only to the U.S., so Cooke’s arguments…

  By Eliezer Brand Jan 22, 2020 | 4 min read

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  Young people are staggeringly ignorant about the Holocaust. It’s dangerous.

  On Wednesday, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany released the fourth in a series of studies on Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness — and the results are distressing. As Chair of the special task force for these country-by-country surveys, the latest one, conducted about Holocaust knowledge in France, provides a troubling glimpse into the…

  By Matthew Bronfman Jan 22, 2020 | 4 min read
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  Why do Palestinians love Bernie Sanders? He reconciles our narrative with the Zionist one

  The word Zionism is the subject of a lot of debate. For some, it refers to the survivalist belief in the state of Israel as a sanctuary from past horrors visited upon the Jewish people throughout history. To others it represents the nostalgic belief that Jews should have a right to a nation state in…

  By Muhammad Shehada Jan 20, 2020 | 5 min read
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  Your Partisanship Is Blinding You To The Truth About Iran

  Two weeks after the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s foreign operations and the Qods Force, Iran’s political subversion unit, tensions are winding down. Despite doomsday predictions, Iran chose not to escalate violence further. The limited Iranian response came in the form of a barrage of missiles fired at U.S. bases in Iraq,…

  By Elizabeth Tsurkov Jan 17, 2020 | 4 min read
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  I Helped Found the Women’s March. Jewish Women Are Essential in 2020.

  My name is Carmen Perez. Three years ago I helped found the dynamic, intersectional movement that roared into being on January 21, 2017, the day of the largest mass protest in American history. The first Women’s March saw more than five million marchers of all backgrounds and gender identities come together for justice. It was…

  By Carmen Perez Jan 17, 2020 | 4 min read
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  Take it from a Holocaust survivor: We need Non-Jews to stand up against anti-Semitism

  As a Holocaust survivor, I know how hatred spreads until it is inescapable. When I was a child, the crimes committed against Jews and others who were persecuted in the Holocaust were part of my daily life. I grew up in Compiègne, France in the 1940s. Anti-Semitism came to my city and overwhelmed the streets….

  By Rachel Epstein Jan 15, 2020 | 4 min read
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  Editorial | Leaders who care about democracy must demand NYPD release records about anti-Semitic attacks

  It’s been more than a week since the Forward published an article by our investigative reporter, Molly Boigon, detailing her rejected requests for records from the New York Police Department about the spike the city has seen in anti-Semitic hate crimes. In that time, our efforts have been publicly applauded by colleagues at The City,…

  By Jodi Rudoren Jan 15, 2020 | 3 min read
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  New York’s new “no-bail” law is not bad for the Jews

  A week ago Sunday, 25,000 people participated in the “No Hate, No Fear” march across the Brooklyn Bridge, coming together to stand up to anti-Semitism in solidarity with the victims of recent attacks in New York. We remain concerned for their welfare and committed to keeping our communities safe. One widely shared photo taken that…

  By Matt Nosanchuk, and Rachel Timoner, and Sharon Kleinbaum Jan 14, 2020 | 5 min read
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  How to talk about Black anti-Semitism

  December 2019: a month that the Jewish community will never forget. Though knockout attacks against Hasidic Jews had been on the radar of the broader Jewish world for some time now, the frequency and severity of violent attacks targeting the most visible members of the Jewish community set off new alarm bells. With one attack…

  By Tema Smith Jan 9, 2020 | 6 min read