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  Mizrahi Artists Are Here To Incite a Culture War

  The lineup outside the Tel Aviv nightclub snaked until the end of the block, but Yonit Naaman and I bypassed the crowds and walked to the front door. People eyed us enviously as the bouncer let us through. Inside, we were giddy over the VIP treatment, joking that it was payback for all those times…

  By Ayelet Tsabari

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  How Jewish Students Like Me Got Bullied at Vassar BDS Vote

  (JTA) — At many colleges and universities today, Jewish students are often pitted against students of color when it comes to Israel. In my three years at Vassar College, I have been told – by a Jewish student leader, no less – that supporting Israel is tantamount to supporting oppression. I have watched Jewish friends…

  By Jason Storch Mar 15, 2016 | 3 min read
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  Meet the Evangelical Christians Behind Ted Cruz — They’re Super Jewy

  Of the remaining Republican presidential hopefuls, Ted Cruz has emerged as the candidate of the Christian right. Yet he is also the candidate of the 1%, with just four people donating over $31 million to his campaign: eccentric billionaire Robert Mercer, longtime friend Toby Neugebauer, and two brothers, Farris and Dan Wilks. The Wilks brothers,…

  By Jay Michaelson Mar 14, 2016 | 4 min read

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  Jewish Students, You Still Belong Here at Oberlin! Let Us Prove It to You

  As a professor in Oberlin College’s politics department, I’m grateful to Chicago teacher Michael Soffer for the excellent opinion piece he published in these pages, Yes, grateful. Like many of my colleagues, I agree with every single point he made — except for the conclusion that students should stay away from our campus. Soffer is…

  By Marc Blecher Mar 14, 2016 | 2 min read
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  ‘Go Back To Auschwitz’ Shout at Trump Rally Is No Fluke

  A man exiting a Trump rally this past Saturday yelled at a crowd of protesters, “Go back to Auschwitz, go back to f—king Auschwitz,” while seemingly imitating the Nazi salute. And he was caught on film. The original clip was deleted, so here’s a copy: Trump supporter yells “Go to Auschwitz. Go to fucking Auschwitz.”…

  By Lior Zaltzman Mar 14, 2016 | < 1 min read
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  It’s Time for Israel Education Reform in Jewish Day Schools

  When I embarked for college at the very liberal Brandeis University, I was told I was heading into a war zone. As I unpacked my boxes and bags, I expected nothing short of falling shrapnel and constant gunfire. But I felt little trepidation: I had undergone intensive basic training. I felt I was equipped with…

  By Gabriel Goldstein Mar 14, 2016 | 4 min read
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  ‘Never Again’ Means Taking Cue From Protesters and Confronting Donald Trump

  On social media and over drinks, American liberals are discussing — sometimes jokingly and sometimes not — how to move to Canada if Donald Trump makes it into the White House. Between the violence against minorities at Trump rallies, the Nazi-like salutes and the candidate’s choice to tweet a quotation from Benito Mussolini, the idea…

  By Ari Paul Mar 13, 2016 | 4 min read
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  I Won’t Send My Students to Oberlin College Anymore

  As a high school teacher in suburban Chicago, I have written many recommendation letters for students who hoped to attend Oberlin College, and several of my wonderful young students have attended and graduated from Oberlin. But I will no longer be writing recommendation letters to that college, and I encourage my colleagues in secondary education…

  By Michael Soffer Mar 13, 2016 | 3 min read
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  How Donald Trump Scared the Jews, Won the Election — and Saved Israel (This Is No Purim Spiel!)

  The campaign was even harsher than anyone had predicted. After being told by his advisers that there simply wasn’t enough time to win over enough African, Hispanic or Asian Americans, Donald Trump went for broke, in an effort to secure the 72% of the white vote that he would need in order to stand a…

  By Chemi Shalev (Haaretz) Mar 13, 2016 | 7 min read
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  The Mizrahi-Palestinian Intersectionality Nobody’s Talking About

  If you’ve been tuned in to the Israel-Palestine conversation over the past few months, you’ve probably heard the word The idea that different forms of oppression are linked — so that standing up for victims of sexism and homophobia should also mean that we stand up for, say, victims of Israeli state violence — has…

  By Sigal Samuel Mar 13, 2016 | 4 min read
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  A Note to Forward Readers From the Publisher

  It’s no surprise that the media business has changed dramatically in recent years. At the Forward, we have been working for years to shift to digital, and to create a first-rate news organization that fits the times. We’re truly the Jewish “Daily” Forward in ways we’ve never been – with record web audience, a strong…

  By Sam Norich Mar 12, 2016 | 2 min read