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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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Letters 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Letters Is The Muslim Ban The First Step To Genocide?
The decision by the Supreme Court to uphold the Muslim travel ban is devastating and shameful. It will not only harm those Muslims seeking refuge and/or reunification with their family in America, but it will also fuel a dangerous and very real animus toward Muslims who for generations have called America their home. A word…
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Opinion White Jews: Stop Calling Yourselves “White-Passing”
A couple of nights ago, I was walking to my apartment with a friend, who is an Ashkenazi Jewish woman. My Denver neighborhood is aggressively white, and I live with a white roommate. So needless to say, with my brown skin and my natural coils, I usually stick out like a drop of oil in…
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Opinion Healthcare Is The Civil Rights Issue Of Our Time
Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stunned election-night reaction rooms around the country by winning the Democratic primary for New York’s 14th congressional district. Ocasio-Cortez is a 28-year-old DSA member with a degree in economics from Boston University. She helped organize for Senator Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign during the 2016 Democratic presidential primary. After the coming election…
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Opinion Why Do Mormons Treat Their Converts So Much Better Than Jews Do?
One of my best friends growing up, Sarah, converted to Mormonism when we were in our late teens. Soon after her conversion, she married her high school sweetheart from one of the most prominent Mormon families in town. He exposed her to the Mormon community and theology, and soon she decided she wanted to build…
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Opinion For A Century, White Supremacists Have Smeared the ADL. Now, The Left Has Picked Up The Habit
The Anti-Defamation League is the world’s leading institution fighting anti-Semitism. But in 2018, it has fielded staunch criticism from the left as well as the right. The situation on the left came to a head in April, after two black men were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks for no reason other than being black. Starbucks…
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Opinion Alan Dershowitz: The Constitutional Case Against Impeaching Trump
The following is an excerpt from Alan Dershowitz’s forthcoming book, “The Case Against Impeaching Trump.” On the basis of the constitutional text and the facts we currently have in the public record, the case against impeaching and removing President Trump is quite strong. In my forthcoming book, “The Case Against Impeaching Trump,” I lay out…
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אויף לשון־קודש קען „עולם“ באַטײַטן „אייביקייט“. הייסט אַ בית־עולם דאָס אָרט, וווּ מע בלײַבט אויף אייביק.
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