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  The Twitter Anti-Semites Are Not The Real Problem

  Last week, an anti-Semitic Republican primary challenger against House Speaker Paul Ryan named Paul Nehlen made a list of Jews (and a few righteous gentiles) who are verified on Twitter and have “insulted” him in the past month. In order to prove his point about the nastiness and dominance of Jews in media, he made…

  By Bethany Mandel

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  Anti-Orthodox Is The New Anti-Semitism

  I’ve recently come to a shocking realization about American society. Over the past few years, it has become increasingly clear that it’s okay to hate Jews. I’m not talking about the abhorrent anti-Semitism of the “alt-right,” where wannabe politicians stoke the flames of bigotry just so that they can get the fleeting feeling of relevance….

  By Eli Steinberg Feb 7, 2018 | 6 min read
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  You Don’t Need Jewish Values To Denounce Israel’s Treatment Of Asylum Seekers

  Last week, Isabel Kershner, The New York Times’ estimable Israel correspondent, wrote an article about the Netanyahu government’s decision to either expel Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to third countries or indefinitely lock them up. The article ran under the headline, “Israel Moves to Expel Africans. Critics Say That’s Not Jewish.” “Like much of the…

  By Peter Beinart Feb 7, 2018 | 4 min read

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  Michael Oren’s Conspiratorial Hasbara Is More Common Than You Think

  We’re living in an age hospitable to conspiracy theories. Surely everyone knows someone with these tendencies. Maybe it’s your wacky uncle who believes the pyramids were really built by aliens, or the taxi driver who takes the opportunity to explain how the entire world is really controlled by a cabal of seven Jewish families. Or…

  By Yousef Munayyer Feb 6, 2018 | 7 min read
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  What Do I Tell My Children About Stabbings Here in Israel?

  “Why do we let them stay? Why, when they just walk up to us and kill us, why do we let them stay?!” This was the tormented question my daughter asked me last night at the news of yet another fatal stabbing. A 29-year-old father of four, Rabbi Itamar Ben Gal, was stabbed to death…

  By Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll Feb 6, 2018 | 4 min read
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  Woody Allen’s Films Made Me Doubt Dylan Farrow. Not Anymore.

  A few weeks ago, Dylan Farrow gave a new interview to CBS’ Gayle King on her allegations against her father, Woody Allen. She gave voice to what many of us had been wondering as the #MeToo movement progressed: Why was Allen still unimpeachable? “Why shouldn’t I want to bring him down?” Farrow asked King, addressing…

  By Danielle Tcholakian Feb 6, 2018 | 5 min read
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  I Don’t Believe Dylan Farrow

  It seems the #MeToo wrecking ball is finally catching up with Woody Allen. The 82-year-old actor and filmmaker has long been haunted by allegations that he molested his adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, more than a quarter-century ago, when she was just seven years old. In 2014, Farrow wrote an open letter with the accusation, and…

  By Cathy Young Feb 6, 2018 | 7 min read
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  Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Grandfather Read The Forward In Yiddish. Pretty Cool.

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! The interview was over and we walked into a secure hallway adjacent to the large sanctuary at Adas Israel, the applause and cheers still echoing through the Washington synagogue. Secret service agents hovered…

  By Jane Eisner Feb 6, 2018 | 3 min read
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  Jane Eisner Interviews Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Transcript

  On February 1, 2018, Jane Eisner, editor-in-chief of the Forward, interviewed Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Ginsburg, a legal and cultural icon, is the longest serving Jewish Supreme Court justice, as well as the second woman to ever serve as a justice. She spoke with Eisner for nearly an hour-and-a-half at Adas Israel in Washington, D.C. Lauren…

  By Jane Eisner Feb 5, 2018 | 31 min read
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  White Nationalism Is Spreading In The Orthodox Community

  Something disturbing has been happening in the Orthodox world. White Nationalist language is infiltrating our public spaces. It’s happening in our synagogues, in our communities, in our schools and, of course, online. And those of us who see it are looking on in increasing horror. There was always some racism in our communities, of course;…

  By Elad Nehorai Feb 5, 2018 | 8 min read
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  It’s Time For A Holocaust #MeToo Reckoning

  Over the past few months, more and more women have been opening up about horrible stories of sexual harassment, assault and abuse. The #MeToo movement is a long overdue corrective to our culture. And yet the stories of one group of women have yet to crest into the mainstream and get the recognition they deserve:…

  By Marisa Fox-Bevilacqua Feb 5, 2018 | 9 min read