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  Our relatives are held hostage in Gaza. We are begging American Jews to pressure Netanyahu to make a deal now

  Instead of doing everything he can to bring our families home, Israel's prime minister is attacking us

  By Einav Zangauker, and Zahiro Shahar Mor, and Osnat Meiri, and Dani Elgarat, and Yehuda Cohen, and Shai Mozes, and Efrat Machikawa, and Ifat Kalderon, and Ayala Metzger, and Yael Or Ofek, and Maayan Sherman, and Naama Weinberg

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  As ceasefire talks continue and protests rage, here are the 5 biggest questions facing Israel

  Israel has rarely faced a situation of so much internal and external pressure

  By Dan Perry Jun 22, 2024 | 6 min read
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  Made to feel unwelcome at Pride, LGBTQ Jews will not cede joy

  Litmus tests on Israel shouldn’t shake the determination of queer Jews, writes the CEO of Keshet

  By Idit Klein Jun 22, 2024 | 3 min read

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• Rob Eshman Americans keep getting killed in the West Bank. Here’s how the US could fight that awful trend

  

• Nora Berman First Camp Auschwitz, now Alligator Alcatraz — why the right is obsessed with commodifying brutality

  

• Dan Perry What exactly is going on between Israel and Syria — and is the prospect of peace dead?

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  The American Jewish future is interfaith. It’s about time our rabbis are, too.

  At long last, a major Jewish denomination's main seminary will admit and ordain students in interfaith relationships

  By Samira Mehta Jun 21, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Louisiana passed a law this week requiring a unique translation of the Ten Commandments displayed in every public school classroom

  By Lara Crigger Jun 21, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Wikipedia called the ADL ‘unreliable.’ It’s a wake-up call the civil rights organization badly needs

  The designation reveals long-standing contradictions in one of the most storied American civil rights organizations

  By Rob Eshman Jun 19, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Why I (finally) took down my ‘We Stand With Israel’ sign

  Not because I don’t support the Jewish state. Because not everything can be summed up in a slogan

  By Josh Katz Jun 19, 2024 | 5 min read
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  To save Israel, give Netanyahu a plea deal

  It's time to give Bibi a way out — for the sake of the country's future

  By Jay Michaelson Jun 19, 2024 | 4 min read
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  For French Jews, a choice between two widely divergent parties, each with a history of antisemitism

  Antisemitism on both the left and right leaves Jews feeling as if they're living in exile

  By Robert Zaretsky Jun 19, 2024 | 5 min read
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  A subway mask ban won’t fight antisemitism, but it will punish immunocompromised Jews like me

  New York governor Kathy Hochul has raised the possibility of reinstating a mask ban in the subway after masked pro-Palestinian demonstrators threatened Jews

  By Rikki Baker Keusch Jun 18, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Israel can dig in — or declare victory and gain advantages

  This is a pivot point in the war. The path that Netanyahu chooses will have far-reaching implications across the globe

  By Dan Perry Jun 16, 2024 | 4 min read