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  John Kelly erased slavery — just like Trump ignores the Palestinians

  On Monday on Fox News, President Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, discussed the Civil War. He called Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee “an honorable man.” He blamed the conflict on “the lack of an ability to compromise.” And he never mentioned the word “slavery.” Commentators pounced. “Compromise on what?” historian Joshua Zeitz tweeted. “Extending…

  By Peter Beinart

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  How the left got sold on the idea that Zionism is racism

  A few weeks ago, after the Harvey Weinstein revelations left many reeling, one article on sexual harassment connected gender violence to, of all things, Zionism. In a piece on the blog Feministing called “#MeToo: Gender Violence Does Not Exist Without White Supremacy”, Mahroh Jahangiri argued that “gender-based violence does not exist without other systems of…

  By Daniel Kohn Oct 31, 2017 | 4 min read
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  We asked 22 rabbis: Is intermarriage a problem or an opportunity?

  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 intermarriage a problem? Or an opportunity?” Here are their responses: Asher Lopatin, Orthodox, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School: Intermarriage is…

  By Forward Staff Oct 31, 2017 | 10 min read

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  Was a McGill student evicted from the school board for being Jewish?

  Shocking reports recently emerged from McGill University, where a student named Noah Lew claimed he was voted off of the board of student government for being Jewish. “I was blocked from participating in student government because of my Jewish identity and my affiliations with Jewish organizations,” Lew wrote in an opinion piece for the Canadian…

  By Mira Sucharov Oct 31, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Behind The Scenes Of The 2017 Forward 50

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word!** In 1994, Bill Clinton was in the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu was just head of the Likud party, “Friends” debuted on television, “The Lion King” was still just a movie and Jeff Bezos…

  By Jane Eisner Oct 30, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Anti-Semitic trolls are targeting Ben Shapiro’s sister and it’s horrifying

  When Abigail Shapiro opened her computer one morning last week, she was shocked to see a flood of anti-Semitic and misogynist messages across her YouTube channel and coming in via a contact form on her website. Abigail isn’t a controversial public figure or a journalist; she’s a 24-year-old opera singer. But she has the misfortune…

  By Bethany Mandel Oct 30, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Is It Okay To Refer To Jewish Women As Jewesses?

  Have Your Say is your chance to tell us what you think. Comment below or on Facebook and let us know what you think about the question posed in the headline. We’ll incorporate your answers in a story later in the week!

  By Forward Staff Oct 30, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  No, that Alan Dershowitz cartoon wasn’t anti-Semitic

  Supposedly there was a blood libel last week at University of California, Berkeley. After Alan Dershowitz spoke at the law school, the student newspaper ran a cartoon that provoked numerous complaints about anti-Semitism, including letters by University of California Chancellor Carol Christ and Dershowitz himself, who wrote that there was “little doubt that this abhorrent…

  By Raphael Magarik Oct 30, 2017 | 3 min read
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  We asked 22 rabbis: What can the Jewish community do to fight the opioid epidemic?

  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, “What can the Jewish community do to fight the opioid epidemic?” Here are their responses: Benjamin Sendrow, Conservative, Congregation Shaarey Tefilla:…

  By Forward Staff Oct 26, 2017 | 9 min read
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  How Knesset Push Will Actually Help Chained Women Worldwide

  Israeli lawmakers are considering a law that would help Orthodox women across the world. Jewish law does not permit a woman to divorce her husband without his consent, and in Israel and abroad, a number of women who wish to leave their husbands are unable to do so. These women are known as agunoth –…

  By Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt Oct 26, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Has Trump destroyed satire? Lessons from a Russian dissident.

  With the presidency of Donald Trump, America has entered an era of Russian-level political absurdism. We now have our own pop-authoritarian president who promises to personally fix everyone’s problems, blames all of the nation’s ills on the plotting of evil foreigners, vilifies the opposition as “enemies of the people,” and speaks the language of crude…

  By Cathy Young Oct 25, 2017 | 5 min read