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  Let ‘Loving’ and Its Jewish Lawyers Make You Feel Great About America Again

  I went to the movies on Saturday night to escape the dread everyone I know is feeling in the last few days of this dispiriting election season. At the theater, I watched images of a husband and wife dragged from their bed in the middle of the night — she very pregnant — and thrown…

  By Jane Eisner

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  Three Jewish Practices in Solidarity with Standing Rock

  If you’ve been following the news or social media recently, you’re probably familiar with the struggle against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). If not, here’s a run down. Energy Transfer Patterns, a privately held company, is attempting to build a $3.7 billion dollar pipeline from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to a refinery…

  By Lana Adler Nov 4, 2016 | 5 min read
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  Beyond Trump and Clinton, it’s Time to Pray for Our Country. Here’s How.

  I suspect you are feeling the way I am: anxious about the election, concerned about what it will trigger, confused about the feelings and motivations of about half the people in this country, and yearning for a way to knit ourselves together again, to reclaim the sense that we are Americans, and not warring, disparate…

  By Jane Eisner Nov 4, 2016 | 2 min read

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  I’ve Found Out the Hard Way — Plenty of Sexual Predators Are ‘Nice’ Jewish Boys

  The day that journalist Danielle Berrin published her first-person account accusing Israeli writer Ari Shavit of sexual misconduct, I was talking to a gentlemanly guy approaching his 70s, who expressed disgust and outrage at the situation. He asked me: “Is this what it’s like to be a woman? Are you always vulnerable to being seen,…

  By Shira Dicker Nov 4, 2016 | 3 min read
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  We Need To Change the Internet So It’s Better for Jews — and Everyone Else

  Facebook admitted at the end of October that its trending algorithm couldn’t tell true stories from false. Google doesn’t know the difference between a real Jew and a Nazi stereotype. If you type “Jew” in Google Images, you get a wide variety of Nazi and other anti-Semitic caricatures. Plus, if you Google “Is the Holocaust…

  By Dan Friedman Nov 3, 2016 | 3 min read
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  Marc Gafni Tells His Story — and Experts Respond

  A few months after the Forward published a searing essay by Sara Kabakov describing how Marc Gafni sexually abused her, Gafni asked to respond. The Forward believes it has a journalistic obligation to allow him to do so. But his essay demands analysis and context, so the Forward asked a number of experts in sexual…

  By Marc Gafni Nov 3, 2016 | 11 min read
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  Responding to Sex Abuse Claims, Men Behave Badly — Again

  For centuries, victims of sexual harassment and assault — some men, mostly women — have been muzzled by society’s demand for silence. Occasionally, there’s been an inflection point, a moment when a case is so public or so egregious that it breaks the silence, at least temporarily, and victims suddenly feel able to speak. Anita…

  By Jane Eisner Nov 3, 2016 | 4 min read
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  Why Donald Trump Is To Blame for ‘Unprecedented’ Train Wreck of an Election

  You could say a lot of things about this year’s presidential election campaign, but there’s one word that keeps popping up over and over: unprecedented. And that’s just the right word. This is unprecedented. We’ve never seen anything like it. Never before have the two major candidates been so widely disliked by voters. Never, at…

  By J.J. Goldberg Nov 2, 2016 | 4 min read
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  Why This Russian Jew Thinks Donald Trump Is Absolutely Right About Russia

  This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Until I watched second Presidential Debate, I didn’t like anything about Donald Trump. I am not a Republican. I believe in universal healthcare and I don’t think it’s a great idea to build a wall on the Mexican border. But…

  By Julie Masis Nov 2, 2016 | 2 min read
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  Hillary Clinton and the Jewish Imperative to Protect Reproductive Rights

  This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Throughout the presidential campaign, we’ve had many reminders of where the two candidates stand on the issues of women’s health and reproductive rights. The contrast could not be clearer. Hillary Clinton has been a champion for women’s rights throughout her…

  By Stosh Cotler Nov 2, 2016 | 2 min read
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  Whoever is Elected, Roe v. Wade is Unlikely to Change. Here’s Why.

  This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election. Despite the fact that Roe v. Wade has been the law of the land for 43 years, access to abortion is still one of the major issues impacting many Americans’ vote during Presidential election years. On the Left, voters refuse…

  By Bethany Mandel Nov 2, 2016 | 2 min read