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I’ve taught at six Jewish day schools. They’re preaching dual loyalty to Israel.
The Forward is publishing this article anonymously to protect the author, who currently teaches at a New York day school, from repercussions at work. A recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League found that nearly a quarter of Americans believe American Jews are more loyal to Israel than to the United States. Based on my experience…
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Opinion The Jewish establishment once expelled communists. Now Jewish socialists are having the last laugh.
Despite the fact that Wednesday’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas was the first debate to feature both Jewish presidential contenders, the word “Jewish” was not mentioned once. On top of that, neither Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders nor former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg took the opportunity to discuss their very different relationships to their…
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Opinion How hitting Bloomberg on Stop and Frisk could backfire with Black voters
Going into Wednesday night’s pre-caucus debate in Nevada, former New York City mayor and current presidential contender Michael Bloomberg must have know he’d get grilled over “Stop and Frisk”, the policy implemented during his time as mayor whereby young Black and Latino men were regularly thrown up against a wall by police absent any justification….
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Opinion Bernie Sanders says he’s proud to be Jewish. Will Jewish voters care?
“I am very proud of being Jewish and that is an essential part of who I am as a human being,” Vermont Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders says in a new campaign ad he tweeted this weekend on the subject of his Jewishness. It signaled the latest evidence of a marked change from 2016,…
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Opinion Q&A | Meet Becca Heller, the warrior taking on Trump’s Muslim ban
Earlier this month, the Trump administration settled a lawsuit with over 300 refugees whose applications were held up by a series of executive orders, including the “Muslim ban” of 2017. Back in January, a federal judge temporarily blocked another executive order that would have allowed states counties to refuse to receive refugees. In both of…
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Opinion President Trump: We Israelis are begging you to stop interfering in our elections
As Israelis prepare to go to the polls for a third time in a year, it’s time for us to focus on bread and butter issues like healthcare, education and the non-existent peace process with our Palestinian neighbors. Instead, we’re focused on the current U.S. administration carrying out current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s personal pursuits:…
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Opinion A fight over Jewish identity is going to determine America’s future
Two Jews, one Oval Office: The plot is wild, too weird for even Roth or Bellow. And yet, as the Democratic primary revs into chaotic high gear, polling is increasingly presenting American Democrats with two septuagenarian Jews, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, facing off for the right to…
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Opinion Bloomberg is the Democrats’ Trump
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has ridden a polling upswing and winning the most votes in Iowa and New Hampshire to a tenuous but undeniable status as the Democrats’ 2020 front-runner. In response to Sanders’ rise, party leaders and media figures have expressed dread at the prospect of being led by a democratic socialist who has…
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Opinion Why black voters are turning to Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg has become a top presidential candidate in the Democratic primary seemingly overnight. He’s spent over $300 million on ads across the country, and he’s been able to pay his campaign staff more than double the going rate of competing campaigns. But while money certainly doesn’t hurt, it doesn’t tell the entire story of…
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Opinion How support for Israeli settlements is marginalizing America – and helping Palestinians
Wednesday’s publication of a U.N. database of companies doing business in Israeli settlements in the West Bank signals the growing chasm between US policy toward Israel/Palestine and that of nearly everyone else. But far from undermining the database, forceful American opposition to its publication is likely to further delegitimize American Mideast policy and expand the…
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Opinion Democrats should go to AIPAC – and speak truth to power
Last Thursday, in response to a question at a televised town hall, Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said she would not attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference, scheduled to take place at the beginning of March. Will presidential candidates attend AIPAC’s annual conference in March? Sen. Elizabeth Warren said during…
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