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  As Trump targets Zelenskyy, a frightening reminder of taxes Nazis and Romans levied on Jews

  In siding with Putin, Trump and Vance recall the way in which autocrats have further victimized victims

  By Aviya Kushner

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  Trump’s treasury secretary is about to make a catastrophically bad move on Israel

  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s meeting with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich could imperil the Gaza ceasefire

  By Hadar Susskind Mar 4, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Why Trump’s attack on democracy is as deep a Jewish concern as semitism or Israel

  The president of the Shalom Hartman Institute says he is “horrified” by Jewish groups’ “wait and see” approach to the dismantling of the federal government

  By Yehuda Kurtzer Mar 4, 2025 | 4 min read

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• Emily Tamkin Trump’s crusade against Columbia is ripped straight from Hungary’s anti-Soros playbook

  

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  In their Zelenskyy meeting, Trump and Vance laid waste to a cherished Yiddish value

  Under the current administration, common sense — or sechel — is under attack

  By Robert Zaretsky Mar 1, 2025 | 3 min read
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  JFK and Charles De Gaulle knew something Trump can’t fathom

  Our angry and predatory Neville Chamberlain will mean America forsaken, not first.

  By Larry Cohler-Esses Feb 28, 2025 | 4 min read
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  To avoid a showdown with Vance and Trump, Zelenskyy should have channeled Netanyahu

  Ukraine’s president’s refusal to bend like the Israelis may be a diplomatic catastrophe

  By Isaac Saul Feb 28, 2025 | 4 min read
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  The Germans have a word for what’s happening in Trump’s America

  As the president lays waste to the rule of law, too many Americans are experiencing 'Gleichschaltung' — being brought into line

  By Terrence Petty Feb 28, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Hidden in the IDF’s damning report on its Oct. 7 failures, a stark story of political disarray

  Military leaders have taken accountability. When will political leaders do the same?

  By Dan Perry Feb 28, 2025 | 4 min read
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  What happens when a party that seeks to erase the Holocaust gains unprecedented power? Germany is about to find out.

  The AfD aims for a ‘180-degree turn’ in Holocaust memory

  By Monika Hübscher Feb 27, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Yarden Bibas’s eulogy for his family should be a prayer for us all

  After an outpouring of Jewish unity, now what?

  By Rob Eshman Feb 27, 2025 | 3 min read
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  The AI-fueled fever dream of ‘Trump Gaza’ is gaudy and abhorrent. But it identifies a real problem

  There are meaningful reasons that so many in Israel dream of a simple end to the tangle of problems posed by Gaza

  By Alex Lederman Feb 26, 2025 | 4 min read