Opinion

• Opinion

  Should Harvard and MIT fire their presidents? Either way, it’s bad for the Jews

  The truth is that neither cracking down on hate speech or letting it continue is particularly good for us

  By Jason Fields

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  Opinion

  ‘How can we ever go back to being anything like we were before?’

  With every aspect of life affected, Israelis describe the emotional magnitude of life during wartime

  By Forward Staff Dec 13, 2023 | 7 min read
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  Opinion

  Jew-hating is not a new feminist phenomenon

  I refuse to let Hamas’ brutal assault on Israeli women and girls be forgotten in the fog of war

  By Letty Cottin Pogrebin Dec 13, 2023 | 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 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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  Looking Forward

  Will it be OK? David Broza has done 116 pop-up concerts since war broke out saying it will

  ‘If I was a doctor, I’d be in a hospital,’ the singer said. ‘This is what I know how to do.’

  By Jodi Rudoren Dec 13, 2023 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  Who are the courageous and who are the weak? Viewing the war through the lens of a Hanukkah prayer

  Israeli soldiers are not the Hasmoneans, and Hamas militants are not the Greeks

  By Avital Hochstein Dec 13, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  The final act of genocide is its denial

  Before Israelis could even identify their dead, there were internet campaigns alleging their murderers didn't do it

  By Stephen D. Smith Dec 13, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Israel is no safe haven. So why are Jews defending Biden’s comments?

  Like the president, we believe the myth of Zionism, while reality has moved on

  By Rob Eshman Dec 12, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Demanding support for Israel’s war imperils the future of Jewish communal life

  Leftist Jews yearn for communal connection, and were horrified by Oct. 7. But we know supporting a pointless, brutal war won't fix things

  By Daniel May Dec 12, 2023 | 7 min read
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  Opinion

  I’ve been hate-scrolling social media to get through the war — I think I finally understand why

  My TikTok and Instagram algorithms are making me rethink everything I believed about my own values

  By Etgar Keret Dec 12, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  President Biden, Jewish American safety is your responsibility, not Israel’s

  Over 7 million Jews live in the United States. It is our president’s job to protect us.

  By Emily Tamkin Dec 12, 2023 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  The university presidents were right and American Jews’ moral panic is wrong

  Joining a right-wing war on higher education will not make us any safer

  By Jay Michaelson Dec 11, 2023 | 4 min read