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  Politics

  Trump’s reelection is devastating American Jews. Our tradition tells us how we should begin to move forward

  The future for the US looks bleak. But individuals — and communities — still have power

  By Emily Tamkin Nov 6, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Bobby Kennedy helped shape my Jewish values, so I wrote a biopic. Cue the RFK Jr. wrecking ball.

  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tarnished a name that long inspired me 

  By Todd Ellis Kessler Dec 4, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  So Joe Biden’s reading Rashid Khalidi. You should too.

  American Jews need a better understanding of the Palestinian narrative

  By Rob Eshman Dec 3, 2024 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren The latest casualty of the Israel-Hamas war is a volunteer police chaplain program in New Jersey

  

• Jay Michaelson We can be thankful this year — and Jewish wisdom can help

  

• Rob Eshman Celebrating Christmukkah? There’s a food for that.

  

• Nora Berman Since Oct. 7, my daughter has become anti-Israel, and I’m grieving

  

• Dan Perry Houthis could have killed Israeli children. Israel can’t quell the Islamist threat alone

  

• Emily Tamkin It’s been a dark year. The holidays are challenging. Let Isaac Bashevis Singer guide you

  

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  Opinion

  We can be thankful this year — and Jewish wisdom can help

  Yes, we are living in a time of uncertainty and dread, but Jews have some experience with that.

  By Jay Michaelson Nov 27, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  What Trump’s appointment of a Soros protege tells us about the right’s real priorities

  The president-elect pushes endless conspiracy theories about Soros — why elevate one of his colleagues?

  By Emily Tamkin Nov 27, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Netanyahu was right to end the war in Lebanon — now Gaza must follow

  Prolonging the Gaza War only serves Netanyahu’s political aims

  By Dan Perry Nov 26, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  My pre-Thanksgiving challenge: hugging a turkey

  Ellie Laks, the former Orthodox Jewish founder of the Gentle Barn, said we need to embrace animals, literally  

  By Rob Eshman Nov 26, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  Israel’s boycott of Haaretz is straight out of the authoritarian playbook

  Sanctioning newspapers is a threat to democracy

  By Jodie Ginsberg Nov 25, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Politics

  Despair is not a strategy. Here are 4 things those mourning the election results can do right now.

  ‘Originally, there was no path, yet as people walked all the time in the same direction, a way appeared’

  By Ruth Messinger Nov 25, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  As a Jewish biblical scholar in Houston, I’m enraged that Texas is adopting this biblically illiterate new curriculum

  The Bluebonnet program that the Texas Board of Education approved is wrong on so many levels

  By Caryn Tamber-Rosenau Nov 25, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  I’ve studied Alfred Dreyfus, he was a moral prophet — Benjamin Netanyahu, you are no Alfred Dreyfus

  Comparing himself to a persecuted leader, Netanyahu displays an astounding chutzpah

  By Robert Zaretsky Nov 25, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Books

  After all that controversy, here’s why Ta-Nehisi Coates (probably) didn’t change any minds on Israel-Palestine

  Coates' trademark approach to journalism met a subject it couldn't make sense of

  By Dahlia Scheindlin Nov 22, 2024 | 3 min read