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  Why did the ceasefire break down? Blame Netanyahu’s survival politics and Trump’s volatility

  As Israel resumes airstrikes in Gaza, frustration with the prospect of endless war is building

  By Dan Perry

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

  Viktor Orbán went after a university founded by George Soros in ways that now look awfully familiar

  By Emily Tamkin Mar 17, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Neville Chamberlain taught us where Trump’s appeasement of Putin could lead

  When Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement, he did not know he was paving the way for World War II

  By Terrence Petty Mar 15, 2025 | 5 min read

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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 Mar 14, 2025 | 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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  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