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  I was involved with AIPAC for 35 years. Their latest move convinced me to join J Street

  The pro-Israel organization I supported for decades is now undermining their own cause

  By Rabbi Marc Israel

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  As we approach the High Holidays, I’m making amends for my smartphone addiction

  I'm doing teshuva for choosing screens over faces

  By Sruli Fruchter Aug 18, 2023 | 4 min read
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• Jay Michaelson I supported Israel’s actions in Gaza in October 2023 — not anymore

  

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• Nora Berman How the Oct. 7 aftermath splintered the New York Dyke March

  

• Dan Perry It looks like Israel totally underestimated Trump

  

• Emily Tamkin This week proved it: Trump’s approach to antisemitism at Columbia is horribly ineffective

  

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  Can we please stop talking about Bradley Cooper’s nose?

  Twitter is up in arms over the actor wearing a prosthetic nose to play Leonard Bernstein in Maestro

  By Laura E. Adkins and Nora Berman Aug 16, 2023 | 3 min read
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  With the latest staggering indictment, Donald Trump may finally face his personal Yom Kippur

  As we enter Elul — the Jewish month for penitence and reflection — all eyes are on Georgia and the man who was just indicted there

  By Jay Michaelson Aug 15, 2023 | 5 min read
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  The mayor called it a ‘vicious, targeted antisemitic attack.’ So why did the men accused get sentenced to a museum visit?

  A court transcript muddies the narrative around an anti-Israel protest in Los Angeles

  By Rob Eshman Aug 14, 2023 | 6 min read
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  Covering the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and its aftermath tested me as a Jewish journalist

  When the gunman blew out the glass doors of the synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, two American Jewish stories collided: One of open, proud practice and one of terror of what lurks among one’s neighbors

  By Ron Kampeas Aug 14, 2023 | 12 min read
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  What Jewish law says about Dianne Feinstein, Bernie Sanders and how old is too old

  Respect for our elders is a central value. So is looking out for their best interests.

  By Jay Michaelson Aug 12, 2023 | 3 min read