Opinion

• Opinion

  A plan to save Israel — by getting rid of Zionism

  Shaul Magid’s new book imagines a 'counter-Zionist' Jewish future

  By Emily Tamkin

  5 min read
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  Looking Forward

  ‘Everybody needs to be uncomfortable’: Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s tireless campaign to bring her son home

  How a hostage’s mother became the international face, voice and conscience of the war

  By Jodi Rudoren Dec 22, 2023 | 10 min read
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  Opinion

  Young Americans are turning against Israel — and you can thank TikTok

  New analyses show that pro-Palestinian content dwarfs all others on the app, and China is likely making it worse

  By Laura E. Adkins Dec 21, 2023 | 6 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 For Trump and Netanyahu, statecraft is now synonymous with stagecraft

  

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

  

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  Opinion

  Israel’s choices — not Hamas — are an existential threat to the Jewish state

  The true threat to Israel’s survival hides not in the shadows, but in the mirror

  By Jerome Karabel Dec 20, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Letters

  At Hunter’s ‘Israelism’ screening, the rabbi was rude, not the audience

  Professors say the administration and moderator made people feel censored

  By Sarah Chinn, and Tami Gold, and Christopher Stone, and Jesse Daniels Dec 20, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Netanyahu’s one job was to prevent this catastrophe. Instead, he destroyed Israel as we know it

  The unthinkable costs of the Israeli prime minister's determination to hold onto power are finally becoming clear

  By Bradley Burston Dec 20, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  If Israel won’t help Palestinian olive farmers, American Jews should

  'Pushkes for Palestinians’ can repair the damage West Bank settlers have caused

  By Rob Eshman Dec 18, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  How psychic numbing can limit comprehension of the Oct. 7 attacks

  A psychological phenomenon that can close off the mind to suffering in Israel, Gaza or anywhere else

  By Pamela Meyer Dec 18, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  University presidents are hired to protect the brand, not Jewish students

  University presidents are not the guardians of American democracy. They are bureaucrats appointed to maintain their endowments

  By Barak Sella Dec 15, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Young Israelis and Palestinians are giving up on peace. It’s on all of us to fix that

  Millennial Jews and Palestinians have all but given up on a two-state solution. We fail to reckon with this reality at our own peril.

  By Laura E. Adkins Dec 15, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  Some Israeli Haredim are joining the IDF. Can secular Jews get along with them?

  The current war can help secular Jews understand that the Haredim are not the threat they’re often made out to be

  By Uri Kaufman Dec 14, 2023 | 4 min read