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3 Self Care Tips For Women Angry At The Kavanaugh Hearings
Senator Jeff Flake surprised Americans when he said that he thought Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh needed further investigation before being voted on. But Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual assault and who lied under oath, might still be confirmed. If he is, he is likely to repeal Roe vs. Wade, decimate any hopes of…
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Opinion Kavanaugh Thought Privilege Would Get Him Through. Blasey Ford Stopped Him In His Tracks
For much of the past, the high-profile allegations of sexual abuse or rape happened between men and their female subordinates. Think of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the maid who accused him of rape, or Bill Clinton and Juanita Broderick or Paula Jones, Arkansas state employees when he was governor (or Monica Lewinsky, the intern to his…
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Opinion I Believe Dr. Ford. But I Believe Judge Kavanaugh, Too.
Does truth even matter? That was the main question on a day of hearings featuring Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her when they were both teenagers. No senator asked the question about the relevance of truth; instead, they asked about flatulence jokes and…
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Opinion Christine Blasey Ford Is Every Woman. This Happens When You Push Us Too Far.
“Does that work for you as well?” Christine Blasey Ford asked the stern, shrill, aggressively defensive Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “I’m used to being collegial.” Of course she is. With those few words, Blasey Ford reflected every woman’s innate desire to please the male power structure arrayed before her, to get along…
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Opinion Joe Biden Needs To Apologize
The ongoing scandal over Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court brings back echoes of the shameful treatment of Anita Hill during her 1991 testimony at the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas. The parallels between the two hearings are a litmus test for how much Washington has progressed in the intervening twenty-seven years. The biggest…
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Opinion Brett Kavanaugh Was A ‘Cool Kid’ Who Thought He Owned The World. Maybe He Still Does.
In the weeks since Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, not one, not two, but three women have stepped forward to accuse him of perpetrating or participating in sexual assault. The first charge was Doctor Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation of attempted rape. Ford accused Kavanaugh of holding her down, muffling her screams, and trying…
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Opinion Liberal Jews And Israelis Must Stand Together Against Trump And Netanyahu
Today, just hours after a UN speech that drew mocking laughter from world leaders, President Trump emerged from a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu saying, “We are with Israel 100%.” As the saying goes, with friends like these, you don’t need enemies. As Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump systematically work to dismantle liberal democracy…
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Opinion Can These Bold Ideas Shape The Jewish Future? Can They Even Work?
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Tal Keinan, an American-born Israeli fighter pilot turned financial entrepreneur turned author, has written a provocative book called “God Is in the Crowd.” It was officially published Tuesday, and I predict you will…
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Opinion Want To Know ‘Who Is A Jew’? Ask: ‘Who Is The Gatekeeper’
The question of “Who is a Jew,” which has been inflaming passions for so long, has recently heated up once again. Almost every day seems to bring news stories that hinge on what qualifies a person to claim Jewish identity. Whether it’s Julia Salazar relying on family lore to claim she is a Jew of…
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Opinion Jared Kushner’s Jewishness Won’t Doom His Peace Plan. This Will.
In the fall of 1996, while in Israel as part of a small US team trying to negotiate an end to a particularly serious and violent crisis between Israelis and Palestinians, I learned that my mother’s cancer had progressed, and I returned home to be with her for those last precious days. Although neither religious…
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Opinion It’s Time For American Jews To Stand Up For The Israeli Left
The word is out that American liberal Jews, especially the young ones, are distancing themselves from Israel. As an Israeli liberal Jew, I’d love to know how you do that. There are days I want to distance myself from Israel too. But every morning I wake up and there it is, like Woody Allen’s mother…
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