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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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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,…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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…
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Opinion 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,…
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