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  Fault Lines Season 1, Episode 14: On The Future Of Right-Wing Jews

  Who are the Jewish right? How is Trump-era conservatism affecting American Jews? There are a lot of Jews at Breitbart, Josh Mandel is running a campaign for Senate, and we might soon see a lot more right wing Jews. Is the state of political discourse becoming even more vitriolic? How do Orthodox Jews feel about…

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  Welcome To The Post Modern Anti-Semitism Debate

  Tuesday in New York City told a tale of two anti-Semitism panels. The first was a buttoned-up afternoon symposium in a minimalist midtown law office entitled “Anti-Zionism=Anti-Semitism.” The second, “The Uses and Abuses of Anti-Semitism,” was a jolly evening affair at the New School where, as you might expect, students predominated. These two mirror image…

  By Batya Ungar-Sargon Nov 29, 2017 | 7 min read
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  The Importance of JVP’s Anti-Semitism Panel With Linda Sarsour

  In this week’s Torah portion Jacob, paralyzed by fear, divides his community in two, for fear his brother Esau would destroy them. At least if they destroy one group, he rationalizes, another group will live. Out of his fear,Jacob gathered gifts to pacify his brother Esau. But when Jacob approached his brother, Esau ran to…

  By Alissa Wise Nov 29, 2017 | 4 min read

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  Why Labeling Meghan Markle As Jewish Is So Offensive

  Dear Editor, The Forward blog post “Is Meghan Markle Going To Be Prince Harry’s Jewish Princess?” is extremely offensive. By continuing to question Markle’s Jewish identity, the author of this piece is just as — if not more — offensive than the people who questioned Markle about her multi-ethnic and biracial identity throughout her whole…

  By Rebecca Jaye Nov 29, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  Hannah Arendt Would Have Liked The New York Times Profile Of A Neo Nazi

  In 1963 Hannah Arendt published “Eichmann in Jerusalem”, in which she introduced the concept of the banality of evil. She argued that Adolph Eichmann, a senior Nazi and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust, was neither sociopathic nor a particularly fanatical anti-Semite. Instead, she concluded, that he was a rather ordinary, if capable,…

  By Jamie Levin Nov 29, 2017 | 2 min read
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  To Be Clear — Meghan Markle Isn’t Jewish

  Dear Editor, As an Observant Jew who has known and been a coworker and peer of Tom Markle, Ms. Markle’s father, since 1982, I can tell you neither Tom nor her mother are Jewish. She was raised Catholic and I am not sure she even practices any religion at this time. Being married to a…

  By Mark Levin Nov 29, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  If We Can’t Write About Nazis, They Win

  On November 25, the New York Times published an incredible piece of journalism, a profile of a Nazi sympathizer in mainstream rural America. The piece, A Voice of Hate in America’s Heartland, describes how a Midwestern guy-next-door came to develop pro-Nazi and white nationalist sympathies. What was shocking was not that Tony Hovater held the…

  By Bethany Mandel Nov 28, 2017 | 4 min read
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  About That Neo-Nazi Profile: Here’s What The NYT Should Have Done

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Richard Fausset’s weekend story in The New York Times about a neo-Nazi’s “normal” life in the Ohio heartland drew a barrage of complaints for soft-pedaling his odious beliefs. The Forward writes about neo-Nazis,…

  By Jane Eisner Nov 28, 2017 | 4 min read
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  We Asked 21 Rabbis: Is There Such A Thing As Jewish Values?

  As a part of our Rabbi Roundtable series, we brought together leading rabbis from all corners of the Jewish world to offer their thoughts on the big questions. This week, we asked our rabbis, “Is there a unified set of specifically Jewish values, and if so, what are they?” Here are their responses: Adina Lewittes,…

  By Forward Staff Nov 28, 2017 | 9 min read
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  Here’s The Right Way To Cover Neo-Nazis

  Richard Fausset’s weekend story in The New York Times about a neo-Nazi’s “normal” life in the Ohio heartland drew a barrage of complaints for soft-pedaling his odious beliefs. The Forward writes about neo-Nazis, too. So the critique echoed challenges that hit close to home. How do we cover a loose ideological movement that is tiny…

  By Jane Eisner Nov 27, 2017 | 3 min read
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  No, You Can’t Be A Feminist And A Zionist

  Do Feminism and Zionism mix?

  By Mariam Barghouti Nov 27, 2017 | 4 min read