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  Shackled, imprisoned and subjected to false accusations, Kilmar Abrego Garcia recalls the fate of Captain Alfred Dreyfus

  As in the infamous 'Dreyfus Affair,' a man has been condemned on the basis of flimsy evidence and flat-out lies

  By Robert Zaretsky

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  The dangerous Nazi legend behind Trump’s ruthless grab for power

  Trump has created an American version of Adolf Hitler's 'Dolchstosslegende,' also known as the 'stabbed-in-the-back' lie

  By Terrence Petty Apr 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  I first met Netanyahu in 1988. Here’s how he became the most destructive leader in Israel’s history.

  How a brilliant man became a national tragedy

  By Dan Perry Apr 19, 2025 | 10 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson I supported Israel’s actions in Gaza in October 2023 — not anymore

  

• Rob Eshman The staggering hypocrisy behind Trump’s deal to free the last living American hostage

  

• Nora Berman She’s a titan of Israeli architecture. Her story contains troubling lessons for her country

  

• Dan Perry It looks like Israel totally underestimated Trump

  

• Emily Tamkin This week proved it: Trump’s approach to antisemitism at Columbia is horribly ineffective

  

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  Why can Harvard stand up to Trump? Because it didn’t give in to pro-Palestinian student protests

  If last spring's campus protesters had their way, Harvard's endowment might have shrunk too much to support the university now

  By Dany Bahar Apr 18, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Yes, the attack on Gov. Shapiro was antisemitic. Here’s what the left should learn from it

  How ‘pro-Palestinian’ rhetoric infected Gov. Josh Shapiro’s mentally troubled arsonist

  By Rob Eshman Apr 18, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Israel just threw another wrench in the peace process — and possibly doomed the last hostages

  Demanding a complete Hamas disarmament is a sure way to prolong the war, with awful human costs

  By Dan Perry Apr 17, 2025 | 4 min read
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  What Jewish university presidents say: Trump is exploiting campus antisemitism, not fighting it

  Jewish university presidents are demonstrating more chutzpah than some of their counterparts

  By Nora Berman Apr 16, 2025 | 3 min read
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  As Israelis in New York, we’re horrified by ICE’s detention of one of our Palestinian partners in peace

  An open letter in support of Mohsen Mahdawi

  By Josh Drill, and Sahar Bostock, and Roni Ziv, and Aharon Dardik, and Michael Baratz Apr 16, 2025 | 3 min read
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  The Passover attack on Josh Shapiro was terrifying. But don’t assume it was antisemitic

  We need to be able to really understand the threats we face — not instinctively class them together

  By Rob Eshman Apr 15, 2025 | 4 min read
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  This Nazi-era story shows why Trump won’t fix a terrifying deportation mistake

  A French Catholic woman was incorrectly deported to Auschwitz — and came back with reports of its horrors

  By Fredric Brandfon Apr 14, 2025 | 4 min read
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  I operate a small Judaica business. Trump’s tariffs are going to squelch Jewish innovation.

  Raising the cost of manufacturing is going to make creators more cautious, writes the operator of a boutique Jewish press

  By David Zvi Kalman Apr 14, 2025 | 3 min read