Opinion

• Opinion

  On Yom Kippur, my brother-in-law is still a hostage. How do I atone for that? 

  Our failure to free the hostages is an ongoing sin

  By Moshe Emilio Lavi

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  Opinion

  Netanyahu’s government is serving Iran’s strategy — not fighting it

  Israel’s poor leadership undermines the impact of its astonishing victories 

  By Ephraim Sneh Oct 10, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Allies at odds, Netanyahu and Emmanuel Macron have more in common than they’d like to admit

  Critics drawing unfavorable comparisons between the two leaders and their predecessors ignore key historical context

  By Robert Zaretsky Oct 9, 2024 | 4 min read

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• Rob Eshman Israel’s central covenant with Jews is in peril like never before

  

• Nora Berman The terrifying Nazi precedent for Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension — and the reasons to stay hopeful

  

• Dan Perry Israel is at a turning point with the UN. There’s one major way things could go wrong

  

• Emily Tamkin Trump’s attack on George Soros is ludicrous. It also endangers Jews (and everyone else)

  

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  Opinion

  A two-state solution may seem like a distant dream. Here’s why it shouldn’t be

  From the river to the sea, Palestine and Israel must be free, secure — and separate

  By Ibrahim Dalalsha Oct 8, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  I’m a Holocaust survivor. Here’s why I celebrated my 80th birthday protesting at an Israeli prison

  I learned early on how essential it is to treat all human lives as sacred

  By Veronika Cohen Oct 8, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Letters

  Do anti-Zionist Yiddishists see the Hamas massacre of Jews as ‘resistance’?

  As a second-generation Bundist, I find the theater collective GLYK’s pro-Palestinian alignment misguided

  By Helen Paloge Oct 7, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  A year after Oct. 7, will Israel choose the way of peace, or that of religious nationalism?

  The country is locked in a debate about what the Hamas attack meant — and what to do about it

  By Daniel Sokatch Oct 7, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse

  This war has been devastating. It's also created a rare opportunity for peace

  By Dan Perry Oct 4, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?

  The pro-Palestinian student camp captured the popular imagination. Making real change is a different matter

  By Mira Sucharov Oct 4, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Oct. 7 changed Israel. A year later, it must change American Jews, too

  What Israel’s tragedy means for the American Jewish future

  By Rob Eshman Oct 4, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  I study the relationship between Zionism and Judaism. Oct. 7 may have changed it forever

  Israel has become a defining fact of Jewish life for Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews alike

  By Yaacov Yadgar Oct 2, 2024 | 4 min read