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  Trump’s Racist Tweets Aren’t Just Racist. They Are Anti-Semitic.

  On Sunday night, President Donald Trump defended his racist tweets aimed at four progressive Congresswomen of color by claiming they hate Israel. So sad to see the Democrats sticking up for people who speak so badly of our Country and who, in addition, hate Israel with a true and unbridled passion. Whenever confronted, they call…

  By Oren Jacobson

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  Conversion Therapy Is Awful. But So Is Treating Being Gay As An Incurable Disease.

  Is a person’s sexual orientation immutable, predetermined, biological, and unchangeable? Or is it suppressible, environmental, sociological, and fluid? Today’s Orthodox Jews are of two minds on the issue. If you ask Netanyahu’s Education Minister Rafi Peretz, he will tell you that the latter is the case. He will say that Conversion Therapy works, and that…

  By Matthew Schultz Jul 17, 2019 | 4 min read
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  AOC’s ‘Squad’ Represents Me As An American Jew – More Than Any Republican

  In the midst of President Trump’s racist tweetstorm directed at Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib, he decided to throw in Israel. The Democrat Congresswomen have been spewing some of the most vile, hateful, and disgusting things ever said by a politician in the House or Senate, & yet they get…

  By Shoshana Hershkowitz Jul 16, 2019 | 3 min read

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  I’m An Autistic Teen. Here’s How The Jewish Community Can Do More To Support People Like Me

  Judaism is a revolutionary and redemptive religion centered around justice and human dignity. That means dignity for every human. As a proudly Jewish autistic woman, I have been blessed to meet and form relationships with countless Jews who live up to these values by respecting all humans, including disabled and neurodivergent people — people whose…

  By Eliana Sisman Jul 16, 2019 | 5 min read
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  Trump Is Using Israel To Shield His Racism

  When someone uses racist and incendiary language to accuse American Jews of undermining the U.S. and being foreign implants in service of Israel, we waste no time in condemning that language as anti-Semitic. But what do we do when someone uses racist and incendiary language to accuse other Americans of undermining the U.S. and being…

  By Michael Koplow Jul 15, 2019 | 4 min read
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  We Palestinians Condemned A Leader’s Anti-Semitism. Will It Matter?

  Last Friday, the controversial Hamas leader Fathi Hammad made some particularly vile comments during the weekly Gazan Return March protests. In the context of calling on Israel to lift the blockade on Gaza, Hammad promised, in the most extreme terms, to pressure Israel with all possible means. He then called on all Palestinians to “slaughter…

  By Muhammad Shehada Jul 15, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Trump Has Resurrected “Go Back To Africa” And It’s Uglier Than Ever

  Resorting to fresh new lows, President Trump threw a remix on what is arguably the angry white lynch mob’s greatest racist hit: “go back to Africa.” He didn’t say that, verbatim. But in a burst of callous tweet aimed at Congress’ only Somalia-born Member – “Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally…

  By Charles D. Ellison Jul 15, 2019 | 5 min read
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  Caving To Trump On Racist Tweets, American Jewish Institutions Lost All Moral Credibility

  Donald Trump’s vulgar racism is not incidental to his political character. It’s not a latent undercurrent revealed in some unguarded moment, but rather the force through which his political career was launched and continues to perpetuate his hold over the Republican Party. This has been obvious for quite some time, indeed since he announced his…

  By Abe Silberstein Jul 15, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Letter | If Israel Controls Gaza, Is My Own Government Bombing Me?

  To the Editor, I have to laugh at Peter Beinart’s parenthetical remark, “Yes, Israel still rules Gaza,” maliciously inserted into his latest, “Joe Biden’s Moral Cowardice On Israel,” and wish to consider its implications. Just a few months ago, I made sure I could quickly get into my miklat (bomb shelter) as Gaza’s rulers decided…

  By Alan Stein Jul 14, 2019 | < 1 min read
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  Actually Mr. President, Unlike You, Immigrants Are Deeply Patriotic

  On Sunday morning, President Trump wrote a series of Tweets targeting progressive Democratic congresswomen. “So interesting to see ‘Progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe… now loudly and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our…

  By Zaid Jilani Jul 14, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Letter | No One Is Forcing You To Go On A Free Trip To Israel

  Dear Editor, I disagree with Scott Boxer in his piece “These Hasbara Tours Bribe Jews To Be Pro-Israel And Make Birthright Seem Lefty”. No one is forced to go on a free trip to Israel. Students can choose from a wide range of programs, either exploring new views or hoping to have their own views…

  By Toby F. Block Jul 14, 2019 | < 1 min read