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  No, That Muslim Model’s Tweets Were Not Anti-Semitic

  On Monday, hijabi beauty blogger and model Amena Khan announced that she was voluntarily stepping down from her role in a L’Oreal Paris ad campaign — over some tweets that criticized Israel. In a statement posted to Instagram, Khan apologized for the tweets, which were posted in 2014 during the Gaza War. Her apology and…

  By Talia Lavin

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  Democrats Are Turning From Israel – Because It’s Tainted By Trump

  The latest Pew Research Center survey examining the partisan divide between Republicans and Democrats on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes for unsurprising but discomfiting reading. The decades-old truism about Israel being a bipartisan issue is on life support, with a 52% gap between Republicans and Democrats on sympathy for Israel over the Palestinians. It’s the biggest…

  By Michael Koplow Jan 23, 2018 | 5 min read
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  Mike Pence’s Love Of Israel Is Dangerous For Jews

  Vice President Mike Pence may have just become the first Christian visitor to Israel not to set foot inside a church. Palestinian Christians boycotted his visit this week, still furious over the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, so Pence never saw Bethlehem, or Nazareth, or the Holy Sepulchre. Instead, like a…

  By Jay Michaelson Jan 23, 2018 | 4 min read

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  Mike Pence Just Redefined What It Means To Be ‘Pro-Israel’

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! With his long, formally delivered speech before the Israeli Knesset today, Vice President Mike Pence has dramatically redefined what it means for an American administration to be “pro-Israel.” I’m not a fan of…

  By Jane Eisner Jan 23, 2018 | 4 min read
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  How Mike Pence Is Changing The Definition Of ‘Pro-Israel’

  With his long, formally delivered speech before the Israeli Knesset today, Vice President Mike Pence has dramatically redefined what it means for an American administration to be “pro-Israel.” I’m not a fan of the term in any case, because there are many ways to love and support Israel, and no one leader or group should…

  By Jane Eisner Jan 22, 2018 | 2 min read
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  Have Your Say: Send Us Your Questions For Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  On February 1, 2018, the Forward’s Editor in Chief Jane Eisner will sit down with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — and she wants to ask the questions our readers want to have answered! Now’s your chance: send them our way. Loading…

  By Forward Staff Jan 22, 2018 | < 1 min read
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  What I Learned About UN Aid To Palestinians Growing Up In Gaza

  Last week, the US announced its decision to start defunding UNRWA, the United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency. If defunded, an immediate catastrophe will surely follow. UNRWA, which provides aid to Palestinians through a combination of food, schools, medical and other services, means life to more than two thirds of Gaza’s two million residents –…

  By Muhammad Shehada Jan 22, 2018 | 5 min read
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  We’re Still Having the Wrong Conversation About Roe v. Wade

  Forty-five years ago today, the United States Supreme Court, in Roe v. Wade, affirmed that a woman’s right to an abortion was protected by the U.S. Constitution. The decision gave total autonomy to women to terminate a pregnancy during the first trimester, and prevented states from interfering in that right. But — and this is…

  By Jane Eisner Jan 22, 2018 | 3 min read
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  How Aid To Palestinians Hurts — Not Helps — The Peace Process

  Last week, the United States announced its intention to delay a $65 million payment to the United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency. UNRWA is a United Nations agency specifically dedicated to providing Palestinians with aid. The Trump administration will be withholding $65 million out of America’s total annual contribution of over $360 million. The responses…

  By Asaf Romirowsky and Alex Joffe Jan 22, 2018 | 4 min read
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  The Biggest Threat To The Jews? The Partisan Divide.

  The central existential threat to Jews in America today is the toxic nature of partisanship in American political culture. I believe we are at a critical juncture for a new American Jewish conversation on this issue that asks us to consider how our political choices as Jews implicate our collective identity as Jews in America….

  By Yehuda Kurtzer Jan 22, 2018 | 8 min read
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  Why Jewish Students Are Horrified By Trump’s Latest Appointment

  Kenneth Marcus, President Donald Trump’s nominee for assistant secretary of civil rights in the Education Department, is a controversial character. The founder of the Louis B. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, Marcus came to the attention of student activists last spring when he waded into a student discussion about whether to boycott Israel….

  By Jonathan Gelernter Jan 21, 2018 | 4 min read