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If You’re Coming To Israel As A ‘Protest Tourist’, Just Stay Home.
The first time I heard the word “demo” was in 2010. It was outside Mango, a fashion boutique in the upscale Mamilla shopping center in Jerusalem. I was waiting for a Palestinian friend to leave work, and three students with American accents were chatting about going to “this weekend’s demo.” “Demo” did not mean demolition,…
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Opinion Think Ashkenazi Jews Are White? Ask An Anti-Semite.
I was eight years old when I first experienced anti-Semitism. I was at Disney World with my family in the gift shop. I asked the sales clerk how much something cost, and then I tried to bargain with her. She immediately responded, as if on instinct, “well it looks like we have a little Jew…
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Opinion Kavanaugh Will Stand For Religious Freedom — And That’s Good For The Jews
When Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, many immediately predicted the worst. NPR’s Nina Totenberg, channeling R.E.M., proclaimed it “the end of the world as we know it.” After President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace Justice Kennedy, Ms. Totenberg admitted that the nominee was “incredibly charming” “enormously skilled” and…
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Opinion Have Your Say: Are Ashkenazi Jews White?
Have Your Say is your chance to tell us what you think. Comment below or on Facebook and let us know what you think about the question posed in the headline.
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Opinion Will Brett Kavanaugh Push Supreme Court Further Out Of Step With America?
Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s second pick for the U.S. Supreme Court, is smart enough, smooth enough, politically savvy enough and well-connected enough to make him difficult to stop in a nomination process that has been ruthlessly rigged by Senate Republicans since they stole it away from President Obama in 2016. Kavanaugh’s aw-shucks manner and photogenic…
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Opinion Letter: The Simon Wiesenthal Center Did Speak Out Against Trump’s Family Separation Policy
It is very unfortunate that four prominent individuals in Los Angeles wrote a blistering critique of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles,” entitled, Why Were Some LA Jewish Organizations Silent During Trump’s Immigration Crisis?, without including all of the facts. The authors chose to focus on selective statements issued…
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Opinion Does Ari Shavit Deserve Redemption?
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! A 4,000 word interview published last week in Haaretz with the disgraced journalist Ari Shavit occasioned two strong and popular responses on our website, reminding us again that the question of if, when…
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Opinion I Told Jews To Think About What Being ‘White’ Means. Then The Racism Exploded.
When I was five years old, my father was slammed against the roof of our car and searched by the police. The sky was inky black, illuminated only by the glow of red and blue lights, swirling around me as I sat in my booster seat. Even at that age, I held my breath in…
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Opinion Do We Have A Moral Obligation To Break Bread With Trump Supporters?
Since before the election, we’ve all heard periodic calls for dialogue between those who support Trump and his policies, and those who do not. The most recent wave, in anticipation of the July 4 holiday, included a tweet by author Stephen King instructing progressives and Trump voters to hug so that we can “all be…
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Opinion Shocking New Definition Of Anti-Semitism Betrays Jews
Leave it to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party to adopt a new definition of anti-Semitism that alienates not anti-Semites but British Jews. Last week, the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) rewrote their code of conduct concerning anti-Semitism. In doing so, Lee Harpin wrote that the party “weaken[ed] the guidelines around how and when criticism of Israel…
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Opinion I Don’t Believe Barry Freundel — Or Ari Shavit Either
On Thursday, Haaretz published a 4,000 word interview with disgraced journalist and public speaker Ari Shavit. In 2016, Shavit was accused by four women of inappropriate sexual conduct and even sexual assault. The new interview is galling. It’s full of self-justifications and jargon meant to impress young women (its headline is “Ari Shavit: I Was…
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