Opinion

• Opinion

  Rampant hate, no transparency, antisemitism behind the scenes: Why Jews should support a TikTok sale

  A sale won't immediately fix the problems plaguing the beleaguered social media app. But it's an essential first step

  By Laura E. Adkins

  4 min read
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  Opinion

  Jews have been cursed to be lonely. The war is a reminder to fight back against that fate

  Many Jews feel isolated in this time of conflict — but it doesn't need to be that way

  By Michael Oren Mar 18, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Schumer spoke for the majority of American Jews

  Only 31% of American Jewish voters have a favorable view of the Israeli prime minister

  By Halie Soifer Mar 15, 2024 | 3 min read

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• Jay Michaelson Trying to influence progressives in New Jersey, AIPAC may actually help one get elected

  

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  Opinion

  Canceling Ramy Youssef on SNL won’t help Israel

  We need to hear more, not less, from someone who can juxtapose millennial horniness with geopolitical homelessness

  By Rob Eshman Mar 15, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Israel’s war is making American Jews unsafe. So why are so many still supporting it?

  Reckoning with surging antisemitism means reckoning with Israel's role in fomenting it

  By Rob Eshman Mar 14, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Israel is 5 months into a brutal war. It’s clearer than ever that Netanyahu’s government must go

  The Israeli government is dysfunctional and utterly confused about its priorities in fighting Hamas

  By Dany Bahar Mar 13, 2024 | 3 min read
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  After 5 months of fierce fighting, how close is Israel to its goals?

  To win the war, Netanyahu needs to embrace a new narrative

  By Dan Perry Mar 12, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Books

  An elite literary journal imploded over an essay about the war — because it dared to humanize Israelis as well as Palestinians

  Guernica staff resigned en masse after a co-publisher declared a piece by a Hebrew and Arabic translator 'an apologia for Zionism'

  By Nora Berman Mar 11, 2024 | 4 min read
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  This Israeli minister wants a full-on religious war. His proposals for Ramadan risked starting one.

  Itamar Ben-Gvir has been sidelined for now. But his fulminations still deserve our undivided attention

  By David Zenlea Mar 9, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Judith Butler is intentionally giving Hamas’ terror legitimacy

  In recent comments, the American Jewish gender theorist labeled the Oct. 7 attack as 'armed resistance'

  By Roy Peled Mar 8, 2024 | 4 min read
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  This International Women’s Day, it’s time to finally believe Israeli women

  Five months after Oct. 7, why do so many still question whether the Hamas attack included sexual violence?

  By Noa Tishby Mar 8, 2024 | 3 min read