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  Zionism and Feminism March Forward Together

  I am a card-carrying Zionist and a proud feminist, beliefs some critics apparently deem incompatible. Zionism is defined as a movement for the re-establishment and the development of a Jewish nation in what is now Israel. When Theodor Herzl started discussing Zionism in the 1880s, it was revolutionary. Zionism aimed to bring an end to…

  By Stephanie Hausner

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  Can Trump’s Consigliere Jason Greenblatt Cut A Deal In The Middle East?

  “If you take out the emotional part of it and the historical part of it, it is a business transaction. Land is going to be negotiated, water rights are going to be negotiated, security issues are going to be negotiated.” That’s how Jason Greenblatt, then Donald Trump’s in-house lawyer, described his idea of negotiating Israeli-Palestinian…

  By J.J. Goldberg Mar 16, 2017 | 4 min read
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  How Adam Krief And Ayelet Galena Brought The Jewish Community Together

  When news broke earlier this week about the death of Adam Krief, a 31-year-old Jewish father of three who had been publicly battling blood cancer, most reports mentioned how Krief’s outreach included posts and tweets from celebrities. JTA’s story about his loss began “Adam Krief, a Jewish cancer patient whose search for a bone marrow…

  By Bethany Mandel Mar 16, 2017 | 3 min read

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• Emily Tamkin Hungary is poised to topple an authoritarian leader. American Jews have something to learn

  

• Jay Michaelson Epstein and Iran are an antisemitism mega-crisis. Here’s what Jewish organizations should do about it. 

  

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  School Vouchers, Bolstered By Trump’s Budget, Fail America

  What’s good for America is good for its Jews. That’s the common and rosy assumption, anyhow. American economic progress lifts Jewish boats, too. America’s embrace of diversity legitimates everyone’s particular story. And even if Jews have appeared to act against their narrow interests — displaying the tendency to “earn like Episcopalians and vote like Puerto…

  By Jane Eisner Mar 16, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Israel’s Next Big War

  Israel’s next big war is almost certainly going to pit it against some combination of Iranian, Syrian and Hezbollah forces along its northern borders with Syria and Lebanon. To be sure, an additional confrontation with Hamas in Gaza (Israel’s opponent in the costly 2014 Gaza War. which led to the death of roughly 2,100 Palestinians…

  By Yossi Alpher Mar 16, 2017 | 4 min read
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  What A ‘Kippah Walk’ In Berlin Doesn’t Tell Us About Anti-Semitism

  (JTA) — It’s literally become old hat: Sending a Jew wearing a kippah into the streets of a European city to see how non-Jews react. A so-called “anti-Semitism test,” it’s been done, ad nauseam. So I was a bit surprised last week when I saw yet another article on the topic on the website of the German…

  By Toby Axelrod Mar 15, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Donald Netanyahu: Many Democrats See The Two Leaders As One

  In sports, spectators generally watch the ball. In politics, they generally watch the people who govern. Often, however, important dynamics occur offstage, as parties out of power remake themselves in exile. That’s likely happening to the Democrats. Quietly, in the shadow of Trump, the party will move left. The Democrats will never nominate another presidential…

  By Peter Beinart Mar 15, 2017 | 3 min read
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  ‘Diverse Charter School’ Is Not An Oxymoron

  Ten years ago, when we applied for permission to establish the city’s in Brooklyn’s District 22, representatives from the Department of Education questioned us about who exactly would patronize our proposed school. The DOE worried that only Jewish families would send their children to a school in which Modern Hebrew (instead of Spanish or Mandarin…

  By Sara Berman Mar 14, 2017 | 3 min read
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  Fault Lines Season 1, Episode 5

  An unconventional post-Purim dialogue on the joys and angst of the holiday. Listen to “Fault Lines” on Spreaker. Let the world know what you think about Fault Lines – rate our episodes, and share your thoughts in a review on iTunes. Download episodes here. Subscribe to Fault Lines and listen anytime. Check out our Fault…

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  Is Donald Trump Turning Out To Be Israeli Right’s Worst Nightmare?

  You don’t have to love Donald Trump to enjoy him sometimes. Over the weekend, Trump spoke to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and upset — and if he didn’t, he should have upset — the entire Israeli right. A U.S. president who states his commitment to a “comprehensive agreement that would end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” and…

  By Chemi Shalev (Haaretz) Mar 14, 2017 | 4 min read
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  The Jewish Community Must Tend Its Neglected Graves — And Anti-Semitic Attacks Prove It

  I love the history and solitude of cemeteries, and I’ve spent a great deal of time in them over the years. So when news of possible vandalism in Washington cemetery in Brooklyn recently emerged, I had my doubts. Despite the spike in anti-Semitic activity, according to the New York Police Department, I am familiar with…

  By Bethany Mandel Mar 14, 2017 | 4 min read