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  Netanyahu is at a crossroads: Endless war, or peace?

  A regional transformation is still possible if the Israeli leader has the chutzpah

  By Dan Perry

  4 min read
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  De Gaulle would weep at the soullessness of Netanyahu and Trump

  Blaming France for the murders in Washington, D.C. is yet another low for Israel's prime minister

  By Robert Zaretsky May 25, 2025 | 5 min read
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  How a righteous Joe Biden honored my Holocaust survivor parents

  The future president was inspired by the lives of George and Halina Wind Preston

  By David Lee Preston May 25, 2025 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson I supported Israel’s actions in Gaza in October 2023 — not anymore

  

• Rob Eshman How anti-Israel rhetoric led to the killing of 2 in Washington, DC

  

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

  

• Dan Perry Netanyahu is at a crossroads: Endless war, or peace?

  

• Emily Tamkin Even if the Capital Jewish Museum shooter ‘did it for Gaza,’ his actions were antisemitic

  

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  This Jewish mathematician understood why Trump is a terrible poker player

  John von Neumann co-authored a theory of games, which explains a lot about the president's approach to economics

  By Robert Zaretsky May 24, 2025 | 5 min read
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  After the DC shooting it’s clear: The pro-Palestine movement must be purged of violent extremism

  Vigilante actors do nothing to help the Palestinian people at a time when they are in desperate need of allies

  By Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib May 23, 2025 | 3 min read
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  I want Palestinians to be free. But hearing the Capital Jewish Museum shooter’s chant terrifies me

  For the sake of my Palestinian friends, I am trying to teach my body to react differently when I hear 'Free Palestine'

  By Alana Zeitchik May 23, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Even if the Capital Jewish Museum shooter ‘did it for Gaza,’ his actions were antisemitic

  Expressions of pro-Palestinian solidarity do not erase the suspect's anti-Jewish hatred

  By Emily Tamkin May 22, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  How anti-Israel rhetoric led to the killing of 2 in Washington, DC

  The suspected murderer marinated in violent, hateful slogans

  By Rob Eshman May 22, 2025 | 3 min read
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  We are Jewish students from universities Trump is targeting. He’s not protecting us

  Democracy, not deportations, protect Jewish students from antisemitism

  By Nikki Appel, and Yarin Hagay-Nevel, and Gabriel Freedman-Naditch, and Celia Little, and Elianna Perlman, and Tova Kaplan, and Alexander Fooy, and Joseph Hillyard, and Talia Winiarsky, and Jennifer Nehrer May 21, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Letters

  Contrary to recent op-ed’s conclusions, ADL report on antisemitism on Wikipedia is accurate

  A historian disputes his former co-author's characterization of ADL report

  By Jan Grabowski May 21, 2025 | 2 min read
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  A century ago, Hitler declared war on the ‘lying press’ and targeted a feisty little newspaper — sound familiar?

  In the 1920s and ’30s, Germans failed to heed the warnings of the Münchener Post

  By Terrence Petty May 20, 2025 | 4 min read