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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

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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
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  No, the West Bank can’t be to Israel what Puerto Rico is to the US

  The far-right's new favorite proposal has some glaring flaws, starting with the question of citizenship

  By Dan Perry Feb 26, 2025 | 3 min read

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• Rob Eshman The ADL reversed its support for Trump’s student deportations. You should too

  

• Nora Berman A Palestinian Oscar-winner’s arrest shocked the world. For these Jewish activists, it was terrifyingly normal

  

• Dan Perry In Qatargate fiasco, Netanyahu’s ‘witch hunt’ narrative takes cues from Trump

  

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

  

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  Hamas has made me hate. How can I pray for peace?

  'Hamas is my enemy,' writes a rabbi, 'but I refuse to let them change me'

  By Rabbi Marc Katz Feb 25, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Steve Bannon has given an old antisemitic trope a fresh ‘pro-Israel’ spin

  Bannon claims American Jews are imperiling Israel — invoking a long history of canards questioning Jewish loyalty

  By Emily Tamkin Feb 25, 2025 | 3 min read
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  I’m a Jew from Germany and I fear the AfD’s triumph is only the beginning

  Germany's far-right party finished second in my country's elections; next time, we may not be so lucky

  By Mia Faye Kreindler Feb 24, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Students were expelled for protesting my Columbia class on Israel. Here’s what they taught me

  Israeli and American Jews understand this kind of incident through very different frameworks

  By Avi Shilon Feb 24, 2025 | 5 min read
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  I’m Palestinian. Here’s why Trump’s Gaza gambit might just work

  U.S. intervention could be exactly what the Middle East needs — but might not look like the president expects

  By Daoud Kuttab Feb 21, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Trump has offered Israel an easy way out of more ceasefire talks. Will Netanyahu take it?

  A fragile peace is about to encounter a very serious test

  By Dan Perry Feb 21, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Eric Adams said he’d ‘collaborate’ on immigration enforcement — so did Vichy France during WWII

  New York's mayor has more in common with Marshal Pétain than a telling word choice

  By Robert Zaretsky Feb 20, 2025 | 5 min read
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  Jewish moms look at our children and think of Anne Frank. Now, we’ll think of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, too

  I am so furious that the world is still not a safe place for Jewish babies

  By Carly Pildis Feb 20, 2025 | 4 min read