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  The Forward Misunderstood The RCA’s Response to Charlottesville

  We accept criticism when warranted. In the case of Avital Chizik Goldschmidt’s “Why Won’t Orthodox Leaders Condemn Trump’s Ties to White Supremacists?” it is not. In that article Ms. Chizik Goldschmidt writes, “The Rabbinical Council of America mourned “violence and bigotry”, but not our leader’s failure to condemn it.” Even though Ms. Chizik Goldschmidt does…

  By Elazar Muskin and Mark Dratch

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  California Holds The Secret To Uniting The Democratic Party

  Recent events have exposed deep, lingering rifts in the California Democratic party. An election for leader of the Democratic Party has pitted Eric C. Baum, a gay Orthodox Jew and party insider, against Kimberly Ellis, a woman of color who voted for Clinton in the primaries but has since gained the support of Bernie Sanders….

  By Fredrik deBoer Aug 15, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Stop Outing Nazis. Your Rights Depend On Theirs

  This week my friend Emily learned an uncomfortable truth about a former law school classmate. It turns out he’s a white nationalist, one who believes that her interacial marriage makes her a race traitor (she’s white and her husband is Asian). This personal reveal came just after the white supremacist rally-turned-riot in Charlottesville this weekend,…

  By Bethany Mandel Aug 14, 2017 | 4 min read

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• Nora Berman Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians

  

• Dan Perry Celebrating my daughter’s birthday in a bomb shelter, as missiles struck Tel Aviv

  

• Emily Tamkin Trump’s latest move makes Mahmoud Khalil a Joseph for our times

  

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  Freedom Means Freedom For Everyone — Including Nazis

  The white supremacist onslaught in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend was a horrifying, emblematic and possibly historic moment in our contemporary political culture. But among the many important truths it communicates, among the most important, and challenging, is its reminder that the only cultural and political freedom that is truly meaningful is the freedom to be…

  By Hussein Ibish Aug 14, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Why Won’t Orthodox Condemn Trump’s Ties to White Supremacists After Charlottesville?

  Over the past two days, we have been flooded with horrifying images of the largest white supremacist demonstration in decades. We’ve also been met with President Trump’s shameless failure to condemn the white supremacists. A president who has no qualms condemning journalists for doing their jobs, or retailers for not carrying his daughter’s handbags, could…

  By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt Aug 14, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Charlottesville Shows That Nazis Have More Rights Than Black People

  It took me a while to figure out what exactly was most upsetting about the weekend’s events in Charlottesville. Beyond the fact that a person was killed and many were injured by a group of white supremacists, and beyond the fact that there are Nazis marching in the streets of America in 2017, something was…

  By @Freeyourmindkid Aug 14, 2017 | 3 min read
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  How Trump Betrayed America Over Charlottesville

  Americans of every creed, color and gender, Democrats and Republicans alike, have been listening to President Trump’s words after the outrage in Charlottesville, Virgnia — his condemnation of the “bigotry, hatred and violence on many sides, on many sides” — and responding with every possible variety of disapproval. The president shouldn’t have left the balance…

  By J.J. Goldberg Aug 14, 2017 | 4 min read
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  After White Supremacist Violence In Charlottesville, It’s Time To Insist On An America Without Hate

  On Saturday in Charlottesville, Virginia, unapologetic racists marched in the face of local and national opposition. They carried torches and chanted racist slogans like “Blood and soil” and “Jews will not replace us.” Our correspondent Nathan Guttman, a seasoned political journalist, was shaken by the experience of covering it. To this our president responded by…

  By Dan Friedman Aug 13, 2017 | 3 min read
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  My Family Is Black and Jewish. Here’s What Charlottesville Means To Me

  Today was a painful day. A group of white supremacists marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, screaming hate slogans, waving swastikas and Confederate flags, and even saluting Trump with the Nazi salute. Chaos erupted. A car drove into a crowd. Our President’s response was vague and useless. It’s painful to see the swastikas and Confederate flags raised…

  By Carly Pildis Aug 12, 2017 | 2 min read
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  Capitol Hill Clash Pits Israel’s Army Vs. Knesset, Sidelining AIPAC

  The United States Senate is putting the last touches on an anti-terrorism bill that’s opened a new era in Washington’s pro-Israel politics. It’s a rare case of a pro-Israel bill that stirred intense partisan debate, at least in its initial version. Even more unusual, the fight over the bill didn’t pit Israel against its critics,…

  By J.J. Goldberg Aug 12, 2017 | 4 min read
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  CNN Was Wrong to Fire Jeffrey Lord

  How does one add the word “former” to the job description “CNN commentator?” For the network’s earliest Donald Trump supporter, it only took one tweet. This week, Jeffrey Lord was shown the door after he tweeted the Nazi salutation — “Sieg Heil!” — while embroiled in a battle with a liberal activist. No one likes…

  By Bethany Mandel Aug 11, 2017 | 3 min read