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  Ari Shavit, Go Away and Don’t Come Back

  It’s been eight months since dozens of accusations of sexual assault by Harvey Weinstein kicked off the #MeToo movement. As the dust begins to settle some men are coming forward, making clear that they feel it is just about time they were forgiven. Mario Batali, the chef who was accused of numerous counts of sexual…

  By Jenny Singer

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  The Real Reason Netanyahu Gave Cover To Holocaust Deniers

  Six months ago Poland passed a controversial law intended to criminalize and silence discussions of Poland’s role in the Holocaust. Anyone who suggested that Poland as a nation had blood on its hands for the genocide of the Jews could be charged, arrested, and imprisoned for libel. Outraged, Holocaust survivors, scholars, public intellectuals, and governments…

  By Michael Barnett Jul 5, 2018 | 7 min read
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  Furious About Family Separation? You Should Also Care That Israel Is Razing Bedouin Villages

  American Jewish groups have, for the most part, condemned the Trump administration’s policy of separating parents from their children at the border. Good. So why can’t they condemn the Netanyahu administration’s policy of destroying villages like Khan al-Ahmar? The residents of Khan al-Ahmar, who are Bedouin Palestinians, hail originally from the Negev, inside Israel proper….

  By Peter Beinart Jul 5, 2018 | 4 min read

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  The Alt-Right Isn’t Going Away

  Many were shocked by the sudden rise in white supremacy following Donald Trump’s surprise electoral win in 2016. But they needn’t have been. America has been here before, as recently as the late 1990s. Extremist surges typically last at least five years. The surge of white supremacy that started in the 1980s with the recession…

  By Oren Segal Jul 5, 2018 | 4 min read
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  Israel Banned Me For Documenting The Occupation

  “What Palestinians do you know? Let me see the contacts in your phone. Who gave you a visa to be here?” the police woman demanded. “Your government gave it to me,” I replied. “The Israel consulate in New York City.” This was round three of questioning in the Ben Gurion airport as I was attempting…

  By Ariel Gold Jul 3, 2018 | 5 min read
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  Do Your Kids and Grandkids Know Their Family History?

  This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. In the summer of 2001, two psychologists at Emory University conducted a unique study, hoping to find the “secret” to raising resilient children. The researchers, Marshall Duke and Robin Feivush, suspected that children who had strong ties to previous generations were psychologically more intact. So they interviewed…

  By Rukhl Schaechter Jul 3, 2018 | 3 min read
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  I Teach At Birthright. IfNotNow Is Wrong.

  The very public walkout of IfNotNow members on a Birthright tour last week has generated much angst in Israel and amongst American Jewry. As a Birthright lecturer who has met with thousands of Birthright participants to discuss Israel’s geopolitics, I can’t help but regard IfNotNow’s media stunt with bewilderment. Quite simply, the charges levelled against…

  By Emanuel Miller Jul 3, 2018 | 3 min read
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  Why I Really Left The Center For Jewish History

  Appearances can deceive. One year ago, on July 1, 2017, I started a new job as President and CEO of the Center for Jewish History (CJH) in New York. A mere two months into the job, in early September, I began receiving a torrent of threatening emails from P.R. executive Ronn Torossian, memorably described by…

  By David N. Myers Jul 3, 2018 | 4 min read
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  Congress’s Anti-Semitism Awareness Act Doesn’t Protect Jews – It Protects Israel

  After trying and failing to pass the so-called “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act” in the last legislative session, supporters have once again submitted a bill that, if passed by Congress, will dramatically curb free speech and academic inquiry on college campuses. As I argued in my testimony to the House Judiciary Committee last year, backers of this…

  By Barry Trachtenberg Jul 3, 2018 | 3 min read
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  David Myers’ Critics Should Be Ashamed Of Themselves

  Dear Editor: I am disappointed that David Myers has decided to leave the Center for Jewish History. We could not have had a more eminent and highly qualified Jewish historian at its helm. There is so much I’d like to say to his detractors. I know they will google my name and come after me…

  By Barbara Dobkin Jul 3, 2018 | < 1 min read
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  Which America Will Prevail?

  Welcome to a special July 4th week edition of Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Greetings from Chautauqua, where I am spending a few glorious days as a guest speaker at the Everett Jewish Life Center. This is my first visit to…

  By Jane Eisner Jul 2, 2018 | 3 min read