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  It’s Time To Stop Lecturing And Start Listening To Young Jews

  When I travel, I hear many people my age ask, “Why don’t our young people join synagogues? Or give to their federations? Why don’t they stand up for Israel? Why don’t they go to Hillel?” In short, they’re asking, why can’t they be more like us? Indeed, the war between the boomers and the millennials…

  By Rick Jacobs

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  Have Your Say | Can A Latke Be A Latke Without Potatoes?

  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! Have your say: Can A Latke Be A Latke Without Potatoes? — The…

  By Forward Staff Dec 18, 2019 | < 1 min read
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  Letter | Jews Who Support Trump Are A Shanda

  Dear Editor: I am writing in response to Rabbi Eliezer Brand’s recent article), “The Real Reason Orthodox Jews Love Trump (Hint: It’s Not Israel).” I am a humanistic, secular Jew, a refugee from Nazi Germany, a Holocaust survivor, an attorney, and a lifelong fighter for the rights of women. My complaint is not with regard…

  By Sonia Pressman Fuentes Dec 18, 2019 | < 1 min read

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  Of Course They’re Accusing Bernie Sanders Of Anti-Semitism – Because He Supports Palestinians

  Given Bernie Sanders’ endurance as a top-tier presidential contender, and his support for Palestinian rights, it was almost inevitable that conservatives would start labelling his campaign anti-Semitic. Last week’s election in Britain—and the alleged similarities between Sanders and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn—provided the pretext. “Linda Sarsour Is Too Antisemitic For The Women’s March, But…

  By Peter Beinart Dec 17, 2019 | 5 min read
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  Letter | Trump’s Executive Order Is Designed To Cast Democrats As Soft On Anti-Semitism

  Dear Editor: I have to admit that when I first read news stories about President Trump’s latest executive order, suggesting that he was turning Judaism into a nationality, I had visions of being stripped of my American citizenship and thrown out of the country. And I don’t think I was the only one. But my…

  By Lois Pearlman Dec 17, 2019 | < 1 min read
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  The Real Reason Orthodox Jews Love Trump (Hint: It’s Not Israel)

  A recent poll conducted by the Orthodox publication Ami Magazine found that support for President Trump in the Orthodox community has skyrocketed. Though just 54% of Orthodox Jews voted for Trump in 2016, Ami found that Trump has an 89% approval rating among the Orthodox. On fighting anti-Semitism, over 92 percent said Orthodox Jews trusted…

  By Eliezer Brand Dec 16, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Our Synagogue Is Being Attacked For Renting Space To A Charter School Serving Minorities

  Our usually quiet Midwood neighborhood in Brooklyn has been roiled in recent weeks by a controversy surrounding East Midwood Jewish Center’s decision to rent our small school building to a charter school called Urban Dove. That flare-up has been fanned by a misinformation campaign that has promoted fear about non-Jewish children posing a threat to…

  By Sam Levine Dec 16, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Don’t Conflate The Jersey City Murderers With All Black Hebrew Israelites

  “Today’s murder was actually from a fringe African American terrorist group.” “I’ve yet to encounter a Black Hebrew Israelite who wasn’t an anti-Semite.” “The Israelite group is nuts.” These were some of the comments that popped up on my social media feeds last week following initial reports that the suspects who murdered a police officer…

  By Andrew Esensten Dec 16, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Editorial | To Fight Campus Anti-Semitism, More Tools Are Welcome

  A Jewish writer I know told me he came home the day President Trump’s executive order about anti-Semitism on college campuses was published and told his wife, “I hate it.” When she asked why, my friend said, “I don’t know.” At least he admitted it. Much of the Jewish world was so busy condemning or…

  By Jodi Rudoren Dec 15, 2019 | 4 min read
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  What The US Left Should Learn From Jeremy Corbyn’s Shellacking

  Let nobody tell you otherwise: The shellacking of Jeremy Corbyn is an unalloyed good. There is no ambivalence, and there must be no regret. Those who shed tears for Haman will eventually shed tears because of him. Decency sometimes has incongruous messengers, and at the moment Boris Johnson, he of the boorishness and floppy hair…

  By Ari Hoffman Dec 13, 2019 | 3 min read
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  I Served In Afghanistan. I Was Lied To And Betrayed By My Government.

  I am a United States Army veteran who served for over 13 years. I’ve been deployed twice to Afghanistan, from 2006-2007 and from 2010-2011. Both tours were a year long. I served as an assistant chaplain in the military, which didn’t exempt me from the rules that governed our lives as soldiers. In the beginning…

  By David Weissman Dec 12, 2019 | 3 min read