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  I teach Holocaust studies, like Tim Walz. Here’s what we can learn from his approach

  The vice presidential candidate’s master’s thesis, asking whether the lessons of the Holocaust are universal or particular, raised questions that are familiar to educators today, writes a Chicago-area high school teacher

  By Michael Soffer

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  In this West Bank village committed to nonviolence, attacks by Israeli settlers are the new daily norm

  Life in the Bedouin community of Umm al-Khair was never easy. But it's never been this bad before

  By Robin Podolsky Aug 17, 2024 | 5 min read
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  American Jews’ traumatized responses to antisemitism and anti-Zionism are hurting our children

  The surge in antisemitism is real, but exaggerating it doesn't help anybody

  By Jay Michaelson Aug 15, 2024 | 6 min read

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• Jay Michaelson Stephen Miller’s cavalier cruelty misses the whole point of Passover

  

• Rob Eshman Yes, the attack on Gov. Shapiro was antisemitic. Here’s what the left should learn from it

  

• Nora Berman What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it

  

• Dan Perry Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages

  

• Emily Tamkin Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil

  

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  I’m a traveling mohel. My colleague’s unprecedented arrest in Ireland has shaken me to my core.

  An Israeli rabbi who travels abroad to circumcise Jewish babies wonders why Ireland is cracking down on a ritual sacred for Jews

  By Rabbi Hayim Leiter Aug 14, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Elon Musk and Donald Trump want us to live in conspiracy land — you can guess who the scapegoats will be

  Conspiracy theories and antisemitism have always gone hand in hand

  By Emily Tamkin Aug 13, 2024 | 4 min read
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  As Israel confronts a week of peril, its enemies navigate tricky waters of their own

  An Iranian strike could come any day — but its leaders must calculate the cost they are willing to pay

  By Dan Perry Aug 13, 2024 | 5 min read
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  The Elon Musk-Donald Trump love fest was short on facts — and long on attacks on Jews

  As Iran seeks to 'obliterate' Israel, Trump goes after Democratic Jews

  By Rob Eshman Aug 13, 2024 | 4 min read
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  A proposal for a new Tisha B’Av, where we feast instead of fast

  As diaspora Jews, we should stop mourning the destruction of the temples

  By Moses Goren Aug 12, 2024 | 4 min read
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  As a Black rabbi on Tisha B’Av, I’m mourning how Jews have lost Black allies since Oct. 7

  The Jewish community is locked in the trauma from the Hamas attack, and our ability to find nuance is severely compromised

  By Heather Miller Aug 12, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Why Florida’s charge to scrutinize university syllabi for ‘antisemitism or anti-Israel bias’ is a joke

  You could say the effort smacks of Orwell — if anyone in charge actually knew who Orwell was

  By Robert Zaretsky Aug 12, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Tisha B’Av is a holiday about grief. Can it still be meaningful after Oct. 7?

  For the first time in my life, I fear our communal grief has grown too great to bear

  By Susan Talve Aug 10, 2024 | 4 min read