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  Why Every Lefty Should Hope Netanyahu Is Cleared of All Charges

  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tough to love. Hell, he’s tough to like. This is not just true for lefties like me, who think he stands in the way of reaching a modus vivendi with Palestinians and uses the country’s resources to service the rich rather than help the poor. Even those who share Netanyahu’s…

  By Noah Efron

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  Hate On The Far Left Is Just As Dangerous As Hate On The Far Right

  In his Forward column outlining “19 People Jews Should Worry About More Than Linda Sarsour,” Steven Davidson says that with so many other dangers lurking, he is confounded by the Jewish community’s seeming obsession with the controversial Palestinian-American feminist activist. I share Davidson’s horror at the presence of figures such as Steve Bannon and Sebastian…

  By Guila Franklin Siegel Aug 10, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: Where I Stand On Israel, BDS And The First Amendment

  Over the past few weeks, a divisive debate has erupted that is pitting defenders of the First Amendment against supporters of Israel. This is a false choice, and many New Yorkers who care deeply about both Israel and free speech are finding themselves caught in the middle of an argument where people aren’t listening to…

  By Kirsten Gillibrand Aug 10, 2017 | 4 min read

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• Rob Eshman A precise, Chekhovian logic guided Israel’s strike on Iran — but chaos could come next

  

• 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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  When It Comes To College Admissions, Asians Are The New Jews

  Last week, the New York Times revealed that Attorney General Jeff Sessions is investigating a civil rights complaint against Harvard University. The complaint, filed by a coalition of 64 Asian-American organizations in 2015, alleges a pattern of bias against Asian Americans. “Over the last two decades, Asian-American applicants to Harvard University and other Ivy League…

  By Dennis Saffran Aug 10, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Former Shin Bet Director: Anti BDS Bill Hurts Israel

  As Israelis committed to the future of our country as the secure, democratic home of the Jewish people, we wish to underscore, expand and add perspective to a critical point J.J. Goldberg makes in his August 4th column about the anti-BDS bill now before the U.S. Congress. The bill proposes to criminalize explicit boycotts of…

  By Ami Ayalon, and Gilead Sher, and Orni Petruschka Aug 10, 2017 | 3 min read
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  The Day My Hasidic Father Visited Me At Wellesley

  Walking around the leafy campus in his black hat and long black coat, my father looks like a historical figure from another era. Fascinated by the elaborate architecture, he points to a poster on Wellesley’s Science building. “What is the meaning of science?” he asks. I’m caught off guard. “Science explains how our world works,…

  By Goldy Landau Aug 9, 2017 | 5 min read
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  Jane Looking Forward: Opiate Addiction In Our Community — And More

  A few weeks ago, Bethany Mandel, a Forward columnist, called me to discuss a provocative idea for a column: The opioid epidemic that is sweeping like a plague across America was growing among Jews, too, especially the Orthodox. As an Orthodox Jew herself, Bethany was most familiar with the heart-breaking number of deaths caused by…

  By Jane Eisner Aug 9, 2017 | 3 min read
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  If You Thought The Mooch Was Bad, Wait Until You Meet Stephen Miller

  It’s a wonder the White House hasn’t yet installed a popcorn machine in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. Between former press secretary Sean Spicer’s bumbling tenure and former communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s profanity-laden foolishness, the White House briefings became must-see TV. But with Scaramucci’s firing last week, the position of communications director has…

  By Michael Heckle Aug 9, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Relying On Jews to Do The Right Thing Is Hardly The Same As Beseeching

  Dear Ms. Eisner: Thanks for the attention by the Forward to my column about the Times review of the Eichmann exhibit. I appreciate it. There is however one factual error that I would appreciate your correcting. You write “he ends his piece by beseeching his readers to cancel their Times subscriptions.” In fact nowhere did…

  Aug 8, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  Iran Isn’t An Israel Problem — It’s A Jewish Problem

  “Israel doesn’t speak in the name of the Jewish people and doesn’t represent it.” Such was the refrain of Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman as he lashed out at Israeli Ambassador Dorit Shavit a few years ago. They were discussing the 1994 Hezbollah attack on the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina in my native Buenos Aires…

  By Dani Dayan Aug 8, 2017 | 3 min read
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  A Plea To The Left: Stop Defending Anti-Semitism

  Jewish Americans have a proud history of fighting for a more just and equitable America. Today, that heritage is being threatened as high-profile organizations and individuals seek to push Jews out of justice movements. But rather than denouncing these movements, some leaders in the Jewish community and social justice movements are making concessions, excusing, or…

  By Carly Pildis Aug 8, 2017 | 3 min read