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  Trump’s economic assault on Europe is terrible news for Israel

  The Jewish state benefits from a stable international order — which the U.S. president is trying to upend

  By Dan Perry

  4 min read
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  Is Mahmoud Khalil the new Emma Goldman?

  A WWI-era attorney general exploited Goldman’s notoriety to target thousands of legal immigrants. Trump seems to be doing the same with Khalil.

  By Larry Cohler-Esses Mar 14, 2025 | 7 min read
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  Voltaire knew what to say about would-be despots like Donald Trump

  The Mahmoud Khalil affair calls to mind the anti-democratic excesses of the 18th century

  By Robert Zaretsky Mar 14, 2025 | 5 min read

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• Jay Michaelson Before I learned Kabbalah, I learned from David Lynch

  

• Rob Eshman Blame Roy Cohn for the vicious backlash to Jeffrey Goldberg’s group chat scoop

  

• Nora Berman A Palestinian Oscar-winner’s arrest shocked the world. For these Jewish activists, it was terrifyingly normal

  

• Dan Perry After years of torture and deprivation, are Palestinians finally ready to stand up to Hamas?

  

• Emily Tamkin Trump’s crusade against Columbia is ripped straight from Hungary’s anti-Soros playbook

  

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  Trump wants campuses to fight antisemitism. Here’s how they should actually do it

  One idea: Invest in Palestine studies as well as Israel studies

  By David N. Myers Mar 13, 2025 | 3 min read
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  I’m a rabbi. Here’s why I’m boycotting the megillah reading for Purim this year

  Purim's central text has always been troubling. This year, it's worse than that

  By Rabbi Elizheva Hurvich Mar 13, 2025 | 4 min read
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  I’m a liberal Jew. Count me out of the Tesla boycott

  Elon Musk's ideas are hateful. But protesting him isn't the only political priority that matters

  By Rob Eshman Mar 13, 2025 | 5 min read
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  How to navigate the Court of Trump? Esther’s pragmatism vs. Vashti’s principles

  What the holiday tale of palace intrigue has to teach us about this fraught political moment

  By Elliot Cosgrove Mar 12, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is a shanda for democracy (and, yes, for Jews)

  Why is President Donald Trump so insistent on not following the law?

  By Rob Eshman Mar 12, 2025 | 3 min read
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  I grew up under a terrifying authoritarian regime. Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is right out of their playbook

  As a longtime Columbia professor, I am horrified by the Trump administration's deceitful attacks on our campus

  By Marianne Hirsch Mar 12, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Trump’s Columbia attacks won’t stop antisemitism. So why are Jewish leaders applauding?

  We can't prioritize short-term reassurances over long-term safety

  By Rabbi Jill Jacobs Mar 10, 2025 | 4 min read
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  At least one world leader understands the existential threat Putin poses to Europe and to Jews

  Emmanuel Macron gave the speech that Donald Trump never could

  By Robert Zaretsky Mar 10, 2025 | 5 min read