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  We Need To Start Befriending Neo Nazis

  What I’m about to suggest in this column is something I’m not sure I have the moral fortitude to actually carry out in my own adult life. But before I share this perhaps painfully naive idea, I’d like to tell you a story from my childhood. Riding the bus one afternoon, a girl in another…

  By Bethany Mandel

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  How Your Favorite #NeverTrump Republicans Planted Seeds Of His Rise To Power

  If you have been watching or reading liberal media spaces over the past two years, you’ve seen them: the anti-Trump Republicans. These are folks who were vehemently anti-Obama for the last eight years, and George W. Bush supporters before that, but just could not get on board with Trump. These ostensibly reasonable conservatives have become…

  By Yousef Munayyer Aug 23, 2017 | 6 min read
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  The Orthodox Obsession With Being Skinny Has To Stop

  I grew up with parents that loved me, a roof over my head, and everything I needed to be happy. But when I look back at my childhood, one thing overwhelms everything else: the overwhelming shame, hatred, and disgust that I had about the size of my body. Growing up I was told that I…

  By Shira Rosenbluth Aug 22, 2017 | 4 min read

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  The One Thing Jews Should Be Doing To Combat White Supremacy

  What did you feel when you heard the neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, chant, “Jews will not replace us?” Fear, of course. Bewilderment, perhaps anger. But I bet a lot of Jews felt another emotion, which they’re less likely to articulate in public: snobbery. “Replace you? Where, behind the counter at Wendy’s? We’re successful, industrious, upper-middle…

  By Peter Beinart Aug 22, 2017 | 4 min read
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  What Many Jews Misunderstand About The March For Racial Justice

  Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, subscribe here. A short story about the Jewish actress Mayim Bialik’s criticism of the decision by the March for Racial Justice organizers to hold their protest on Yom Kippur was one of the most read and most shared pieces on…

  By Jane Eisner Aug 22, 2017 | 3 min read
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  To The Right And The Left: Stop Comparing Everyone You Don’t Like To Nazis

  Following events in Charlottesville, with Neo Nazis on the American street and President Trump’s abject defense of “Southern heritage,” there have been two types of response. One is from the anti-Zionist left. The other is from the Jewish right. But though the authors of these responses may believe themselves to be radically at odds, they…

  By Zachary Braiterman Aug 22, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Make No Mistake: Trump’s Afghanistan Speech Was About Charlottesville

  The majesty of the American presidency dictates that when a president addresses the nation, particularly on a matter as consequential as war, his words receive serious, respectful attention. Donald Trump received that and more when he delivered his prime-time August 21 speech on Afghanistan. It’s a tribute to the strength of our democratic institutions that…

  By J.J. Goldberg Aug 22, 2017 | 3 min read
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  4 Reasons Republican Jews Are Still In Denial About Trump

  In a milquetoast statement released on August 16, the Republican Jewish Coalition at last revealed itself to be living in complete delusion. The statement was released after Donald Trump first blamed “many sides” for the violence in Charlottesville, and then issued an aide-written statement condemning racism, only to double down on his original position, stating…

  By Jay Michaelson Aug 22, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Why This Druze Israeli Identifies As A Zionist

  Identifying himself as a “white Zionist,” alt-right figure Richard Spencer recently told Israeli television, “I want us to have a secure homeland for us and ourselves, just like you want a secure homeland in Israel.” Spencer’s statement ignited debate over the nature of Israel and whether its framework as a Jewish state parallels the goals…

  By Steven Davidson Aug 21, 2017 | 6 min read
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  Jews Should Use Charlottesville To Overcome Bigotry — And Black People Can, Too

  There is comfort to be taken in some of what emerged from the ugliness of Charlottesville. Despite the horrific events, there is surely solace to be had in the widespread revulsion, for example, that was evoked in so very many Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike, by the marching and chanting white supremacists. And the utter…

  Aug 21, 2017 | 5 min read
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  Why Anti-Semitism On The Left Is More Dangerous Than Anti-Semitism On The Right

  Much ink has been spilled over the past week about president Donald Trump’s failure to adequately condemn white nationalists in Charlottesville, VA, and rightfully so. As Stephen Colbert so eloquently put it, how could the president “shank a softball like that so hard?” The car ramming attack in Charlottesville was no less a terror attack…

  By Benyamin Moalem Aug 21, 2017 | 4 min read