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  Should Israel Fear The Peak Oil Crisis?

  Conventional wisdom suggests that the world economy is in a slow but steady recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. Some economists, however, including Nafeez Ahmed, author of several books including “A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilization: And How to Save It,” are sounding the alarm about a looming global redux of that crisis…

  By Andrew Eil

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  American Jews Should Move To Israel – But Not Out Of Fear

  Following a spate of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States, including dozens of bomb threats aimed at Jewish Community Centers and the desecration of two cemeteries, Israeli opposition leader Isaac Herzog raised the alarm. The head of the Zionist Union Party called on the Israeli government to “urgently prepare and draw up a national emergency…

  By Eetta Prince-Gibson Mar 3, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Is The World Baseball Classic An Error For The Jews?

  On March 6th the Israeli national baseball team will take the field for the first game of the World Baseball Classic (WBC) against Korea, in Seoul. This is the first time Israel has qualified for the WBC and reason for Israel’s nascent baseball program to celebrate — sort of. The team that will represent Israel…

  By Lincoln Mitchell Mar 2, 2017 | 3 min read

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• Dan Perry Trump’s Iran dithering puts Israel in an unprecedented position

  

• Emily Tamkin Gavin Newsom just confirmed the demise of the Democratic party’s support for Israel

  

• Jay Michaelson Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left

  

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  Bernie Sanders Signals Liberal Push To End Israel’s Occupation — With Two States Or One

  At the J Street Conference on February 27, Bernie Sanders delivered one of the most intriguing Israel-related speeches an American politician has given in years. Read it carefully, and you can grasp Donald Trump’s radicalizing impact on the America-Israel debate. The more Trump and his advisers question long-standing taboos by shifting right, the more Democrats…

  By Peter Beinart Mar 2, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Letters

  Letter To The Editor: Recognize Continuing Dangers Of Iran Nuclear Deal

  In his recent column (“How Bibi Played Us On The Iran Deal — And We Let Him”) Peter Beinart claims Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu duped us by hyping the threat posed by the Iran nuclear deal. But who does Beinart mean by “us”? It doesn’t take a Bibi Netanyahu to recognize the dangers the accord…

  By Bob Feferman and Matan Shamir Mar 1, 2017 | 2 min read
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  Was Donald Trump’s Speech His Bar Mitzvah Moment?

  Was Donald Trump’s February 28 address to a joint session of Congress the president’s bar mitzvah speech? It’s as if the wild, unruly kid decided to rise to the occasion in a deliberate attempt to offer a glimpse of what he could be. I remember that feeling — three times, in fact. Since I have…

  By Jane Eisner Mar 1, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Why Anti-Semitic Attacks Are Good For Donald Trump

  More than 200 headstones overturned. Eighty-nine bomb threats and counting. We are living through a paroxysm of anti-Semitic violence not seen in the United States in two generations. But there are at least three crucial questions to which we do not know the answer. First, and most narrowly, we don’t yet know who is committing…

  By Jay Michaelson Mar 1, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Trump Says You Can’t Love America And Care About The World. Jews Know Better.

  President Trump delivered an unexpectedly presidential speech when he addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time last night, reciting his campaign promises in a kinder, gentler tone, gesturing at compromise and offering a gauzier vision of America than we have ever heard from him before. But laced through the hour-long speech was…

  By Jane Eisner Mar 1, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Trump’s Effort Against Anti-Semitism Is No Longer ‘Too Little, Too Late’

  After months of negative press and justifiable criticism for a campaign plagued by anti-Semitic dog whistles, both President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are finally making amends. Last week, Trump forcefully responded to the shocking increase in anti-Semitic incidents, condemning such attacks and threats as “horrible” and “painful.” Meanwhile, Pence and his wife, Karen…

  By Bethany Mandel Feb 28, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Be Careful How You Offer Sanctuary

  The house that stood on the land where my childhood synagogue would later stand was once a stop for slaves heading to freedom on the Underground Railroad. That synagogue, where I went regularly to worship and study in my formative years, once served as a secret storage point for arms bound for Israel during its…

  By Jane Eisner Feb 28, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Trump Is Elephant In Every Room As Shellshocked Jews Seek Path Forward

  On Monday afternoon, February 27, Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered what appeared to be his first-ever keynote address to a national Jewish organization. His host, unsurprisingly, was J Street, the self-described pro-Israel, pro-peace advocacy organization. The liberal Jewish group was holding its once-a-year national conference in Washington, D.C. The liberal Jewish senator couldn’t have asked for…

  By J.J. Goldberg Feb 28, 2017 | 4 min read