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  Did Iran Just Start A War With Israel?

  In the early hours of Saturday, for the first time, Iran infiltrated Israel with a drone. The drone, an advanced model with stealth capabilities, penetrated into Israel through the border from Jordan. It was intercepted after about a minute and a half in Israeli territory by an Apache attack helicopter. In the immediate aftermath, the…

  By Peter Lerner

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  Orthodox Jews Are The Victims – Not The Perpetrators – Of White Nationalism

  There are various problems and concerning trends in Orthodox (and non-Orthodox) Jewish communities. Fortunately, to the best of my knowledge, White Nationalism is not one of them. However, a recent article written by Elad Nehorai in this space argued that “White Nationalist language is infiltrating our public spaces” and “the philosophy of white nationalism that…

  By Benny Hutman Feb 9, 2018 | 5 min read
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  No, Orthodox Jews Are Not White Supremacists — And Neither Is Trump

  Hostility toward Judaism, Jewish observance and observant Jews has always been a central part of anti-Semitism. Sadly, it doesn’t always come from non-Jews, as Eli Steinberg noted recently in these pages, in an op-ed called “Anti-Orthodox Is the New Anti-Semitism.” Steinberg could have been referring to another opinion piece which emerged but two days earlier,…

  By Yaakov Menken Feb 9, 2018 | 5 min read

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  Netanyahu’s Hatred Of Soros Is A Rejection Of Diaspora Jews

  On Thursday, the British tabloid “The Telegraph” ran a cover story featuring a picture of George Soros with the headline “Man who ‘broke the Bank of England’ backing secret plot to thwart Brexit.” The outrage against the headline’s anti-Semitic portrayal of a globalist anti-patriotic Jewish banker’s secretive plot was swift and effective. But The Telegraph’s…

  By Raphael Magarik Feb 9, 2018 | 4 min read
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  Have Your Say: What Is Zionism?

  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.

  By Forward Stafff Feb 8, 2018 | < 1 min read
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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 Feb 7, 2018 | 3 min read
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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