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  This Week In Anti-Semitism: EU Official On Trial For Assault And Slurs

  The Forward regularly monitors the surge of anti-Semitism across the country and around the world. The mission of this column is not to unduly alarm, but rather to raise awareness of a disturbing trend that, from some vantage points, can prove difficult to spot. During the British elections, a man was arrested for harassing a…

  By Steven Davidson

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  Don’t Blame ‘The Left’ For Scalise Shooting — But It’s A Wake-Up Call For Trump-Haters

  I was in Washington D.C. yesterday, at a board meeting of a small non-profit which I chair. One of my colleagues was as present as he could be under the circumstances — he was close to one of the people who was shot a few miles away at the Republican congressional baseball practice in Alexandria,…

  By Jane Eisner Jun 15, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Trump Makes A Mess In Middle East

  (Reuters) President Donald Trump’s attempt to bring peace and stability to the Middle East has backfired spectacularly. He has put a major U.S. ally, Qatar, in a serious geopolitical crisis and damaged the efforts of his own cabinet to calm regional tensions. Trump’s recent trip to the region was intended to bring together likeminded Arab…

  By Amir Handjani Jun 14, 2017 | 3 min read

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  Right Wing Pundits Jump To Conclusions About Steve Scalise Shooting — Are They Right?

  The early morning shooting of majority whip Rep. Steve Scalise and at least four others during a practice session of the GOP congressional baseball team has shaken both sides of the political spectrum. Fox News reports that alleged shooter James T. Hodgkinson asked Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla, whether Republicans or Democrats had been practicing just…

  By Michael Heckle Jun 14, 2017 | 2 min read
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  When The Rules Of Shabbos Clash With The Modern World

  A plastic curtain separated my father from his neighbor in the geriatric emergency room. The man, who wore a velvet yarmulke and sported a beard, lay on a gurney. His wife talked on the phone in Yiddish. Then she began speaking to me: “We came here last night from a wedding, our grandson.” I said…

  By Peter Beinart Jun 14, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Hand-Me-Downs: The Lasting Power Of A Father’s Sweatshirt

  One afternoon late in the summer of 1956, I spoke my first words. “Down water,” I told my parents, and that terse announcement meant that I wanted to toddle along the path from our rented summer cabin in upstate New York to the glistening shoreline of Lake George. I know of those words and that…

  By Samuel G. Freedman Jun 14, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Code Of Ethics Sparks Debate On Politics In Israeli Classrooms

  A new code of ethics commissioned by Israeli education minister Naftali Bennett, considered a rival of prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would bar Israeli universities from discussing politics in the classroom. Meant to protect students from political coercion, the code offers disciplinary action against lecturers or professors who express political views while teaching. The only exception…

  By Michael Heckle Jun 13, 2017 | 2 min read
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  How Interfaith Weddings Got This Rabbi Kicked Out Of The Conservative Movement

  In her article “A Wedding Invitation Like No Other,” Jane Eisner describes “intermarriage” as the “oozing story” among Conservative Jews, a story “found just below the surface.” I am one of the rabbis she describes as “not so quietly defying the restriction against officiating” at a marriage ceremony involving a Jewish person and a non-Jew….

  By Seymour Rosenbloom Jun 13, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Fault Lines Season 1, Episode 10

  Fault Lines Episode 10: Israel and the Conflict Listen to Peter Beinart and Daniel Gordis parse the Israeli conflict. The issues are vast and the opinions fly over the course of this conversation. Learn about the historic issues that plague the region. Can this conflict ever be resolved? Is it possible for President Donald Trump…

  Jun 13, 2017 | < 1 min read
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  Has Jeremy Corbyn Hit His Ceiling?

  This time last year, Britain’s Labour Party was having another leadership contest and they held a town hall in London for Jewish voters. There, Jeremy Corbyn affirmed Israel’s right to exist but then dodged questions about anti-Semitism within the party. His opponent, Owen Smith, criticized him for “downplaying and ignoring” specific cases of anti-Jewish hatred….

  By Liam Hoare Jun 13, 2017 | 3 min read
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  The Problem With Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie’s Intermarriage Proposal

  In his recent proposal to marry Jews and non-Jews under certain circumstances, Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie explores a phenomenon of modern life in which non-Jews are inspired to participate in very positive ways in the life of the Jewish community out of their love of the Jews in their families. There is broad agreement that these…

  By Julie Schonfeld Jun 13, 2017 | 2 min read