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  Letter to the Editor: Liberals Should Support a One State Solution

  I’m a longtime supporter of a two-state solution for Israel/Palestine. Paradoxically, however, I’ve become convinced over the last few years that the best way to get there is to push for a one state solution. As any parent knows, there are times when giving a child what he/she wants is the best way to convince…

  By Richard Frenkel

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  Trump, The Jews And The Political Weaponization Of Anti-Semitism

  (JTA) — Was that so hard? At some point in the past week, it looked like President Donald Trump was never going to use “anti-Semitism” in a sentence. It took a fourth series of hoax bomb threats at JCCs around the country and imprecations from Jewish groups across the ideological spectrum for the president to at…

  By Andrew Silow-Carroll Feb 21, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Yes, Trump Finally Denounced Anti-Semitism. But Is It Enough?

  President Trump has finally, after too long a time, denounced and distanced himself from the cascading anti-Semitism that is being directed at Jewish communities around this country. Here’s why his remarks today, first on television and then at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, are so necessary. And why they might not…

  By Jane Eisner Feb 21, 2017 | 3 min read

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  GOP Bigots Next Plan To Gut Legal Immigration

  We know it now as one of the most scurrilous proposals in American history. But give those two Pennsylvania politicians credit. When Democratic Sen.David Reed and Republican House Member Albert Johnson introduced what became the Immigration Act of 1924, eviscerating legal immigration to the United States for Jews, Italians and others — and banning Asians…

  By Robert Lehrman Feb 21, 2017 | 4 min read
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  The Political Rabbi’s Survival Guide

  On my desk, there is a small black and white photograph depicting the late Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld of Cleveland, his face bloody from a beating that he suffered at the hands of segregationists in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, during the Freedom Summer of 1964. It is now more than a half century later, and from what I…

  By Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin Feb 21, 2017 | 5 min read
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  Why Our Synagogue Became A ‘Sanctuary Synagogue’

  Each Passover, as we gather around Seder tables with glasses of sweet wine and with plates overflowing with charoset, egg and bitter herbs, Jews read the words “Arami oved Avi,” which translates to “My father was a wandering Aramean.” Slavery and liberation are personal; we read the story in the first person: The Exodus happened…

  By Michael Adam Latz Feb 21, 2017 | 2 min read
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  Is PewDiePie More Like Mel Brooks Than Like Milo Yiannopoulos?

  The latest controversy over online anti-Semitism is not about white supremacists or neo-Nazis, but about a 27-year-old Swedish YouTube star who goes by the nickname “PewDiePie” (aka Felix Kjellberg). Last week, Kjellberg , who has more than 53 million subscribers for his video channel that mixes comedy with video game play and rambling cultural commentary,…

  By Cathy Young Feb 21, 2017 | 4 min read
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  Is Donald Trump Too Ignorant To Deal With Israel And The Middle East?

  For almost two decades, American presidents have supported a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Last week, Donald Trump questioned that commitment, thus potentially changing the course of Middle Eastern and Jewish history. Why did he take this momentous action? The most plausible answer is that he’s too ignorant to understand the consequences of what he’s done….

  By Peter Beinart Feb 20, 2017 | 4 min read
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  If Only Donald Trump Had Answered The Jewish Reporter’s Question Like This

  Jake Turx: “What we are concerned about and what we haven’t really heard being addressed is an uptick in anti-Semitism and how the government is planning to take care of it. There’s been a report out that 48 bomb threats have been made against Jewish centers all across the country in the last couple of…

  By Jay Michaelson Feb 19, 2017 | 3 min read
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  How Trump Pleased Bibi Netanyahu And David Duke Alike

  What was noteworthy about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent summit with President Trump was that the leaders’ press conference had little to do with Israel. An Israeli reporter asked Trump the following question: “Mr. President, since your election campaign and even after your victory, we’ve seen a sharp rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the United…

  By Shaul Magid Feb 19, 2017 | 5 min read
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  The Disturbing Alliance Between Zionists And Anti-Semites

  Between the congressional hearing for David Friedman, the visit of Benjamin Netanyahu and President Trump’s refusal to address the rising tide of anti-Semitism, it’s been a tense time within the American Jewish community. For those on the right, Trump’s abandonment of the two-state solution, much like Friedman’s nomination, comes as an assurance that the new…

  By Suzanne Schneider Feb 19, 2017 | 4 min read