Opinion

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  Israelis feel scared and abandoned — mostly by their own state

  With a brutal war ongoing in Gaza, grim news on surviving hostages and increased regional hostilities, Israelis are feeling it from all angles

  By David Christopher Kaufman

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  Joan Nathan’s new cookbook is about much more than food

  ’My Life in Recipes’ is the Jewish text we need right now

  By Rob Eshman Apr 9, 2024 | 5 min read
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  How should we understand Israel’s progress after 6 months of war?

  6 points to consider as Israel withdraws from southern Gaza and renews hostage negotiations

  By Dan Perry Apr 8, 2024 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman ‘Israel is seen as violent’ — and Israeli chefs, once global culinary icons, are feeling the heat

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

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

  

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  I gave a college lecture on Jewish identity — and confronted a mob of video vigilantes

  What happens when the person they’re protesting on campus is you

  By Elliot Cosgrove Apr 5, 2024 | 4 min read
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  The growing panic about antisemitism isn’t a reflection of reality

  Yes, antisemitism is up — but prominent voices are confusing protest with bigotry

  By Jay Michaelson Apr 5, 2024 | 7 min read
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  I’m obsessed with Caitlin Clark. Do I choose her over Shabbat?

  A crucial game for the Iowa basketball star in her final collegiate season tips off right at candle lighting

  By Nora Berman Apr 4, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Israel killed World Central Kitchen workers. I don’t know if my own aid group can safely work in Gaza

  The 'deconfliction' measures put in place to protect aid workers in Gaza failed

  By Chris Skopec Apr 3, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Banning Al Jazeera moves Israel one step closer to dictatorship

  Defenders of Israel love to call it the Middle East's only democracy. But democracies don't censor the press

  By Eric Alterman Apr 2, 2024 | 5 min read
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  My family member is a hostage in Gaza. With Netanyahu in charge, I’m afraid he’ll never make it home

  The weekly solidarity rallies for hostage families are now merging with the anti-government protests

  By Alana Zeitchik Apr 2, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Protesters want Netanyahu out. Israel’s increasingly dysfunctional government makes that almost impossible

  A prime minister as unpopular as Netanyahu shouldn't be able to hold onto power — so why does his grip seem so secure?

  By Dan Perry Apr 1, 2024 | 4 min read
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  What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika

  “This is the complicated, real truth of what it means to be Jewish in America right now,” writes a mother and rabbi’s wife from suburban Philadelphia

  By Erin Beser Apr 1, 2024 | 5 min read