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  What Hillary Clinton Needs To Tell the Jews

  Getty Images Now that Hillary Clinton’s presidential bid is official, American voters will want to get a whole lot clearer on her policies. For the Jewish community, some of the major questions will revolve, inevitably, around Israel and Iran. And we shouldn’t be surprised if, on these topics, we hear her sounding a more hawkish…

  By Sigal Samuel

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  How France’s Le Pen Family Feud Is Manna From Far Right Wing Heaven

  When I arrived in Paris last week for a research trip, little had changed from my many previous trips. Though spring, the weather was drizzly and cold; despite the economic crisis, charming stores displayed tempting breads and books; and notwithstanding the “défense de fumer” signs, café terraces were dense with cigarette smoke. And while Marine…

  By Robert Zaretsky Apr 13, 2015 | 4 min read
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  Iran Rumblings Show Need for Tough Nuclear Diplomacy

  Those of us who believe that the framework agreement between Iran and the United States and five other nations represents, on balance, serious progress in preventing a nuclear arms race in the Middle East were thrown off-balance by the recent remarks of Iran’s supreme leader. Whether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s bellicose assertions were tactical moves aimed…

  Apr 11, 2015 | 2 min read

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• Dan Perry The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel

  

• Emily Tamkin Outrage over Nicholas Kristof’s op-ed on sexual assault of Palestinians is missing the point

  

• Jay Michaelson When it comes to Israel/Palestine, everyone is sure that everyone else is a bigot

  

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  A Muslim Champion in the Fight Against Anti-Semitism

  Siavosh Derakhti Siavosh Derakhti, a 23-year-old Swedish Muslim, seems an unlikely champion in the fight against anti-Semitism. But Derakhti, whose parents immigrated to Sweden from Iran, has been recognized for his work in combating hatred and bigotry. When he was 19, he founded Young Muslims Against Anti-Semitism, now known as Young People Against Anti-Semitism and…

  By Donald Snyder Apr 10, 2015 | 3 min read
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  The Promise of Nuclear Deal With Iran — for Israel

  The senior politicians of the State of Israel really need to calm down and stop behaving as if the world is about to end. It is not. The new draft framework agreement between Iran and the P5+1 needs improvement and clarifications. It is not perfect. It’s understandable for our politicians to be concerned about parts…

  By Meir Javedanfar Apr 10, 2015 | 4 min read
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  How To Include LGBT Jews in ‘Who Sets the Table?’

  Illustration by Anya Ulinich The Forward recently released the first survey in the “Who Sets The Table?” series, a new, year-long multimedia project that will try to discover “to what degree domestic observance of Judaism still relies on the efforts of women,” as well as the general ways in which the patriarchal structure of religious…

  By J.E. Reich Apr 9, 2015 | 3 min read
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  Thanks for Passover, Mom

  “Who Sets the Table?” is a year-long multi-media project looking at who does what to make Jewish holidays happen at home. Let’s begin with gratitude to our mothers, grandmothers, sisters and aunts. According to the over 500 of you who answered our “Who Sets the Table?” survey, around 80% off all the domestic work for…

  By Elissa Strauss Apr 9, 2015 | 8 min read
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  For the Iran Nuclear Deal, on Balance

  The April 2 announcement of a framework agreement to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon left many Americans and Israelis worried about what will happen next. If the framework becomes an agreement, one that’s approved by June 30, will it give Iran enough leeway to cheat, spend and build its way to a nuclear…

  Apr 9, 2015 | 2 min read
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  Approaching a New Era for the Forward

  As we approach a new era in the Forward’s brand and history, here’s what it means for us. Publisher’s Letter to Readers

  By Samuel Norich Apr 9, 2015 | < 1 min read
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  Bibi vs. Sharon on Bush’s Iraq Debacle

  A number of readers have responded on line and in emails to my column, “How Bush and Bibi Made a Mess of the Middle East,” with pointed comments that deserve a reply. Several readers suggested that I invented my account of Ariel Sharon’s conversation with George W. Bush in the White House on February 7,…

  By J.J. Goldberg Apr 8, 2015 | 4 min read
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  How Ed Miliband Lost Britain’s Jewish Voters

  Getty Images With Britain’s general election just one month away, a new poll of Jewish voters makes brutal reading for the Labour Party and their leader, Ed Miliband. The poll, published by the Jewish Chronicle, shows that if British Jews were to vote tomorrow (and if we remove undecided voters from the equation), 69% would…

  By Liam Hoare Apr 8, 2015 | 3 min read