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  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…

  By Jane Eisner

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  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…

  By Nylah Burton Jul 9, 2018 | 5 min read
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  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…

  By Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg Jul 9, 2018 | 7 min read

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• Rob Eshman The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel

  

• Dan Perry Why war with Iran puts the US-Israel alliance at risk

  

• Emily Tamkin Gavin Newsom just confirmed the demise of the Democratic party’s support for Israel

  

• Jay Michaelson We are talking past one another on Zionism

  

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  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…

  By Liam Hoare Jul 9, 2018 | 4 min read
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  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…

  By Bethany Mandel Jul 6, 2018 | 4 min read
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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 Jul 5, 2018 | 5 min read
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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