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Opinion
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Politics Trump’s reelection is devastating American Jews. Our tradition tells us how we should begin to move forward
The future for the US looks bleak. But individuals — and communities — still have power
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Opinion As ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee could derail Trump’s plans for the Middle East
Huckabee supports Israeli annexation of the West Bank — which would immediately stall efforts to expand the Abraham Accords
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Opinion After years of stalling, Netanyahu will finally face a courtroom — and, just maybe, a reckoning
Netanyahu's corruption trial has dragged on for more than four years. For the first time, he's about to be forced to testify in it
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Opinion As Israel faces off against France, the true battle will be taking place off the field
Thousands of police will be on hand for a soccer match in a stadium that will be less than half-full
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Politics Trump’s first picks are die-hard Israel supporters, mocking the pro-Palestinian protest vote
Trump's first picks include Mike Huckabee, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, Mike Waltz, Elise Stefanik and John Ratcliffe
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Politics Voters elected Hitler because they liked his fascist promise. Trump’s reelection repeats that history
The failures of a campaign run on the argument that Trump embodies authoritarian principles are telling, and tragic
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Opinion In violent attack on Israelis in Amsterdam, an alarming cultural omen
Across the world, people are fundamentally misunderstanding what 'complicity' means
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Opinion A European Jewish leader on Amsterdam violence: ‘A line has been crossed’
Yes, Israeli soccer fans behaved badly before the riot. But that doesn’t justify physical attacks
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Politics Letter to a young poll worker: Why you must stay hopeful when the world threatens to break you
The voters we helped stand for the same hope as my Jewish immigrant ancestors did
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Politics Trump’s election proves it: The idea of an ‘American Jewish community’ is a myth
Jews have long been seen as a cohesive voting community. Not anymore
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Opinion Once again, I’m an outsider in America — like liberal Jews always were
For a time, it seemed as if Jews had joined the American mainstream; this election proves that was never the case
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Opinion When the Nazis attacked synagogues on Kristallnacht, they were targeting Judaism’s heart and soul
Synagogues are the public manifestation of the Jew’s place in society, writes a scholar of the Holocaust
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