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  Thus Ends The Greatest Jewish Diaspora: A Lamentation For American Jewry

  Something broke this week, and American Jews own it. The cascading blows of Israel’s decision to ban Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country at President Trump’s behest, Tlaib and Omar’s subsequent posting of an anti-Semitic cartoon, and Donald Trump’s accusation of disloyalty against Jews who vote Democrat have left American Jews…

  By Ari Hoffman

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  Give Trump The Benefit Of Doubt – You Give It To Democrats All The Time.

  On Tuesday, President Trump called American Jews who vote for Democrats disloyal. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat; it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” he said. On Wednesday, he repeated the claim, explaining that a vote for Democrats, which is where 70-80% of American Jews place…

  By Yaakov Menken Aug 22, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Letter | On The Left’s Failure To Recognize The Hate On Its Own Side

  Dear Editor, On Wednesday, the Forward published a piece by Omar Baddar titled “Trump’s Bigotry Isn’t Accidental. We Must Unite To Fight It.” The article made the case that President Trump’s recent statement — that it would show “disloyalty” for a Jew to vote for a Democrat — was just another example of bigotry and…

  By Jack Elbaum Aug 22, 2019 | 2 min read

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  Trump Is Trying To Divide Us Jews. He’s Endangering Israel In The Process.

  This week, President Trump said that Jews who vote for the Democratic Party were “very disloyal to Israel.” “If you vote for a Democrat, you’re being disloyal to Jewish people and you’re being very disloyal to Israel,” Trump said on the White House lawn. President Trump’s chutzpah in instructing American Jews on how to vote…

  By Burt Neuborne Aug 21, 2019 | 2 min read
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  Netanyahu’s Deafening Silence On Trump’s ‘Dual Loyalty’ Is A Betrayal Of Israel’s Founding Principles

  Has Israel lost the principles upon which it was founded? I’m a Jewish immigrant living in America and I’m getting sick of this. Really sick. From the time he was a candidate up until today, President Trump has bashed immigrants, every day and every night. And every now and then, he has made statements about…

  By Dany Bahar Aug 21, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Trump Doesn’t Get It: Our Hatred Of Him Is Our Loyalty To America

  On Tuesday afternoon, President Trump called the vast majority of American Jews disloyal. “I think any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” he said. And while he didn’t specify disloyalty to whom, on Wednesday, he doubled down, explaining that a vote for…

  By Arthur Green Aug 21, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Dear Rep. Pressley: I’m Your Constituent. Will you Condemn Antisemitic Rhetoric From ‘The Squad’?

  Dear Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, I am one of your Jewish constituents. I live in Brighton, Massachusetts, in the Seventh Congressional District. Over the past several days, I have become increasingly disappointed and concerned about your silence with regards to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. Omar and Tlaib, members of the “Squad” which you…

  By Josh Eibelman Aug 21, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Israel’s Policy To Empty Gaza Isn’t Just Dehumanizing. It’s Dangerous.

  This week, a senior Israeli official admitted that his government has been actively pushing Palestinians to emigrate from Gaza for a year. This Israeli-induced one-way emigration from Gaza is fundamentally wrong on many levels. It’s absolute cowardice to prioritize emptying Gaza of its people over working to end the miseries suffered by its caged population….

  By Muhammad Shehada Aug 21, 2019 | 3 min read
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  Trump’s Bigotry Isn’t Accidental. We Must Unite To Fight It.

  In a strike of incredible irony, Donald Trump engaged in horrific anti-Jewish bigotry while in the course of leveling false charges of anti-Semitism against two of his political opponents: Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. While attempting to make the false and baseless case for why these Congresswomen supposedly hate Jews, Trump stated that “any…

  By Omar Baddar Aug 21, 2019 | 3 min read
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  This Week Proves It: Politicians Won’t Call Out Anti-Semitism On Their Own Side

  President Trump, long a trafficker in anti-Semitic stereotypes, treated American Jews to a classic anti-Semitic canard Tuesday afternoon. When asked about two Congresswomen, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, who had been barred from Israel at Trump’s own behest, he broke out an oldie but a goodie from the closet of anti-Semitic tropes. “Any Jewish people…

  By Batya Ungar-Sargon Aug 20, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Tokenism Is Racism – Except For Jews

  Back in February, a U.S. representative from my home state of Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, pointed out how tokenism is a form of racism. During the Michael Cohen hearings, Tlaib said it was racist for North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows to use an African American employee of Donald Trump as a “prop” to try to prove…

  By Howard Lovy Aug 20, 2019 | 4 min read