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  Bill De Blasio’s Plan To Desegregate Schools Is A Band-Aid On A Bullet Wound

  On February 3, 1964, nearly half a million of New York City’s black and Puerto Rican children were kept home from school. The boycott was part of a demand for the desegregation of New York City’s public schools. It was the largest civil rights action in United States history, and a plan was drafted to…

  By Helen Leshinsky

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  Why Israelis Especially Shouldn’t Lie About Gaza

  I spend a lot of time online. Probably too much. But, lately, I’ve seen something I haven’t seen before: Israel advocates, people I normally trust, tweeting things that are misrepresented or out of context. When I contacted them, some said, “Well, it’s close enough, and the anti-Israel discourse is so much worse.” I responded that…

  By Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll Jun 8, 2018 | 4 min read
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  Israel’s Shameful Smear Of Slain Gaza Nurse

  There is nothing more despicable than blaming victims for their own suffering. Unfortunately, we Palestinians know that this is inevitably the narrative Israel will spin. 14-year-old Mohammed Ayoub, double-amputee Ibrahim Abu Thuriya, unarmed journalist Yasser Murtaja, and the brave angel of mercy, Razan al-Najjar, were not shot dead because they wanted to be. They were…

  By Muhammad Shehada Jun 8, 2018 | 4 min read

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  Memo To Shaun King From A Black Jew: Stop Dividing Our Communities

  Hey, Shaun. I know you’re having a problem with Jews right now, or “drowning in tweets from Jewish folk” as you put it in a tweet this week. It wasn’t the first time. On March 2, you tweeted a defense of Tamika Mallory, saying that calling her anti-Semitic was “not just a lie, it’s lazy.”…

  By Nylah Burton Jun 7, 2018 | 5 min read
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  Why Israelis Won’t Apologize For Killing Of Gaza Nurse

  When Razan al-Najjar, 21, a medical volunteer in Gaza, was shot and killed on June 2, Palestinians and media commentators were quick to accuse Israeli Defense Forces snipers of deliberately shooting her. After all, they claimed, the IDF had already killed more than 100 “innocent civilians” and targeted children, members of the press, and health…

  By Lenny Ben-David Jun 6, 2018 | 3 min read
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  Three Myths About Gaza Dispelled

  The front-page photos and nightly news reports of the killings at the Gaza/Israel border have faded; the issues that fueled the confrontation have not. That the lives of 119 Gazans have been lost and thousands more unalterably changed is horrific. It will be just as tragic if the history of Gaza and the truth is…

  By Jim Klutznick and Marilyn Katz Jun 5, 2018 | 4 min read
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  The Loneliness Of The Liberal Zionist

  To be a “liberal Zionist” in the United States is to lead a lonely existence. It often means having few friends, aside from other liberal Zionists. It means you support the right of the Jewish people to self-determination in their historic homeland while simultaneously supporting progressive causes in your American homeland. It means wanting to…

  By Jarrod Tanny Jun 5, 2018 | 5 min read
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  Linda Sarsour Is Not Our Enemy

  How far are American Jews willing to go to discredit those perceived as adversaries of Israel? Are we ready to condone down and dirty investigations to dredge up compromising material on people sometimes inappropriately labelled as “enemies”? Conversely, might not constructive engagement be a more effective tactic than scorched earth attacks vis-a-vis fellow Americans with…

  By Walter Ruby Jun 5, 2018 | 3 min read
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  Jewish Feminists Are Struggling With The Left. It’s Not The First Time.

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! Their hair was mostly gray. Some had trouble walking. Their bodies reflected the passage of many years. Nonetheless, the gathering featuring about a dozen women at the American Jewish Historical Society last week…

  By Jane Eisner Jun 5, 2018 | 4 min read
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  The Lesson For Diaspora Jews In Israel’s Deplorable Conversion Law

  The best that can be said about the proposed State Conversion Bill is that it is destined to be thrown away into the waste bin that Israeli politics has designated for the recommendations of committees appointed mostly to put out political fires. The proposal is not only a slap in the face, disguised with a…

  By Uri Regev Jun 5, 2018 | 4 min read
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  The Supreme Court Was Right To Protect Religious Freedom

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission demonstrated hostility to religion in the case of the Colorado baker who declined to bake a special cake for a wedding of two men. It did not, however, address the issue most important to both sides in the case. That would be…

  Jun 4, 2018 | 3 min read