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A European Jewish leader on Amsterdam violence: ‘A line has been crossed’
Yes, Israeli soccer fans behaved badly before the riot. But that doesn’t justify physical attacks
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Politics Letter to a young poll worker: Why you must stay hopeful when the world threatens to break you
The voters we helped stand for the same hope as my Jewish immigrant ancestors did
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Politics Trump’s election proves it: The idea of an ‘American Jewish community’ is a myth
Jews have long been seen as a cohesive voting community. Not anymore
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Opinion Once again, I’m an outsider in America — like liberal Jews always were
For a time, it seemed as if Jews had joined the American mainstream; this election proves that was never the case
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Opinion When the Nazis attacked synagogues on Kristallnacht, they were targeting Judaism’s heart and soul
Synagogues are the public manifestation of the Jew’s place in society, writes a scholar of the Holocaust
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Politics Almost all voting groups shifted toward Trump, except American Jews. Why?
It should come as no surprise Harris won the Jewish vote by a huge margin
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Politics Trump’s reelection is devastating American Jews. Our tradition tells us how we should begin to move forward
The future for the US looks bleak. But individuals — and communities — still have power
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Politics Trump’s reelection is a disaster. But it could also save the Middle East
In a region resistant to diplomacy, Trump's strongarming approach might prove to be exactly what's needed
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Opinion Netanyahu’s firing of Gallant is a cynical betrayal of Israel’s security
Political calculations guided a decision that will now endanger the country
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Opinion Benjamin Netanyahu firing Yoav Gallant is a staggeringly reckless decision
Israel’s defense minister gets the boot as Israel faces war and a diplomatic showdown with the US
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Politics This election, I finally understand the undecided Jewish voter
Oct. 7 and its aftermath scrambled the political certainties of many pro-Israel voters, writes a longtime Jewish journalist
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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News Hochul makes play for Orthodox voters with tuition relief and synagogue buffer zones
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News Middlebury College Hillel votes to rebrand, distancing from parent org on Israel
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Yiddish „צײַטזאָנע“ — אַ ציקל לידער פֿון דזשייק שנײַדער‘Time Zone’ — poetry by Jake Schneider
דער מחבר איז אַן אַמעריקאַנער־געבוירענער ייִדיש־אַקטיוויסט, פּאָעט און איבערזעצער אין בערלין.
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Antisemitism Decoded Abe Foxman built the Jewish establishment. He died troubled by what it had become