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  Palestinians Are Right To Outlaw Selling Land To Settlers

  I spent the summer of 2017 living in the heavily occupied West Bank city of Hebron. On July 24, I witnessed the takeover of a Palestinian property in the center of the old city by around 100 settlers. I watched as members of the Abu Rajab family, still living on one of the floors of…

  By Ariel Gold

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  Nancy Pelosi Is The Anti-Ivanka

  Nancy Pelosi just won a historic victory: She was sworn in for a second term as Speaker of the House. When she won for the first time, Pelosi became the first woman to hold the Speakership. And after leading the Democrats through a blue wave in the midterms, she’s proven her ability to lead. She’s…

  By Molly Jong-Fast Jan 3, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Birthright Will Fail If It Doesn’t Evolve With Young Jews

  On New Year’s Day, a young woman rushed the stage at the “MegaEvent” held in Jerusalem for participants in Birthright, the program that takes young American and other Diaspora Jews to Israel on a free ten-day trip. BREAKING: Young Jew disrupts Birthright’s ‘MegaEvent’, a nationalist rally in Israel with all Birthright participants, holding a sign…

  By Peter Beinart Jan 3, 2019 | 4 min read

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  Ilhan Omar Needs To Apologize For Her Anti-Semitic Tweet – Like I Did.

  When I think about the election of Minnesota Democratic Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, I have mixed feelings. On one hand, her election is a milestone: she is the first Somali-American Muslim woman elected to Congress and a strong supporter of Palestinian human rights in a Congress that often sees them as an afterthought. But on the…

  By Zaid Jilani Jan 2, 2019 | 4 min read
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  Bernie Sanders Isn’t Just Another White Male Candidate. His Nomination Would Be Historic.

  The 2020 Democratic primary will likely offer the most diverse field of candidates either party has ever put forward for the presidency. At least four serious African-American contenders (Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Andrew Gillum, and Eric Holder) have been floated so far, as have at least four women (Elizabeth Warren, Kirsten Gillibrand, Amy Klobuchar, and…

  By David Klion Jan 2, 2019 | 5 min read
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  Pittsburgh’s Lessons For America In 2019

  On New Year’s Eve 2018 the rain came down on Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill as if to wash away the tragic memories of October 27. The mass shooting at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Congregation synagogue was the most deadly anti-Semitic attack in America in recent years. But it led to an outpouring of solidarity from…

  By Dan Friedman Dec 31, 2018 | 3 min read
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  Why Does No One Care That Neo-Nazis Are Gaining Power In Ukraine?

  I can’t count the number of times I’ve been told Ukraine doesn’t really have a problem with its far-right. It’s all Kremlin propaganda; you’re personally helping Putin by talking about it; other countries have far-right problems too, so why single out Ukraine? I’ve heard it all. But I expect hear even more lines like this…

  By Michael Colborne Dec 31, 2018 | 4 min read
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  This Palestinian Was Tortured. But No One Cares Because It Wasn’t By Israel.

  Issam Aqel, a Palestinian-American with Israeli residency, has been detained, arrested and tortured. You may be surprised that you’ve never heard of Aqel. It’s usual for the plight of the Palestinians to make big news. But the ugly truth is, they only make big news when they’ve been hurt by Israel. And Aqel was tortured…

  By Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll Dec 31, 2018 | 5 min read
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  Mourning Amos Oz In Jerusalem, Where Even The Stones Seem To Weep

  It is strange to learn of Amos Oz’s death while in Jerusalem, on the eve of Shabbat, as the dull winter cold descends on the city still drenched from yesterday’s downpour. It’s as if the sky is grieving, the stones are crying. A native son is gone. Oz, who died earlier today at 79, was…

  By Jane Eisner Dec 28, 2018 | 3 min read
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  Roundtable | White Jews: Here Is What Black Jews Need From You In 2019

  I’ve never felt fully welcome in Jewish spaces. I’ve never felt like I truly belonged. This is common among Black Jews. There’s a subset of us that just wish to proceed in the Jewish world unbothered, and to continue our Jewish lives as we see fit, apart from the assumptions and stereotypes assigned to us…

  By Bentley Addison Dec 28, 2018 | 5 min read
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  Letter To The Editor

  Dear Editor, As a proud member of the search committee, I found Josh Nathan-Kazis’ Dec. 19 piece about the selection of Lonnie Nasatir as President-Elect of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago to be a missed opportunity to highlight an exciting and pivotal moment in the Chicago Jewish community. The search process was…

  By David Sherman Dec 27, 2018 | < 1 min read