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  Why a hostage deal is imminent

  Hamas is beaten, Netanyahu is ascendant, and Trump is coming

  By Dan Perry

  4 min read
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  I teach the children of immigrants. Here’s why birthright citizenship matters.

  America embraced my Jewish ancestors, and must welcome a new generation of immigrants.

  By Joel Snyder Dec 13, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Ta-Nehisi Coates, JD Vance and the casualties and causalities of fact-checking

  When the burden of fact-checking falls upon readers, not authors or editors, accuracy and truth are the victims

  By Aviya Kushner Dec 12, 2024 | 5 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Have we become the ‘ordinary Germans’ now?

  

• Rob Eshman An app that warns of ICE raids — inspired by the memory of the Holocaust

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry The dark reality masked by the garish Trump-Netanyahu lovefest

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  They burned a local synagogue, but we’re not going anywhere

  The arson attack against a Melbourne synagogue is only the latest antisemitic outrage

  By Ruby Harris Dec 12, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Displaying baby Jesus in a kaffiyeh is antisemitic

  Manger displays depicting Jesus as Palestinian — including the Vatican's — erase Jewish history in the Holy Land

  By Jeffrey K. Salkin Dec 11, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Dear Yoav Gallant: You are welcome at my synagogue

  Why a Washington, D.C. congregation was wrong to cancel Israel’s former defense minister

  By Rabbi Ben Herman Dec 11, 2024 | 2 min read
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  On a roots journey from NYC to Poland, I packed my great-grandfather’s tallis

  The family of a Bronx baker donates a ritual heirloom to a Warsaw museum as a gesture of remembrance and healing.

  By Stuart Schear Dec 11, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Why I resigned as chairman of Amnesty Israel

  Israeli human rights groups can’t advocate for Palestinians without Palestinians. 

  By Daniil Brodsky Dec 10, 2024 | 4 min read
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  I don’t want to argue about genocide. I just want to honor Mahmoud.  

  An Israeli drone strike killed the remarkable man behind the Gaza Soup Kitchen

  By Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips Dec 9, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Israel accidentally helped spark regime change in Syria — what’s next?

  Israel has a chance to reshape the order of the Middle East. But its leadership must be wise enough to seize it

  By Dan Perry Dec 8, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Amnesty International’s genocide report is profoundly flawed — and everyone who cares about Israel should read it

  Amnesty's record on Israel warrants skepticism. But there's still much we can learn from the group

  By Nadav Ziv Dec 8, 2024 | 5 min read