Were the attacks in Boulder and D.C. the product of ‘blood libel’? Not so fast
The idea of a blood libel has a very specific historical context — one that it's essential we not forget
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Fast Forward Boulder’s ‘very shocked and very traumatized’ Jewish community takes stock of its losses, and its strength
“There’s a sense of betrayal,” said Rabbi Marc Soloway, who had six congregants injured in Sunday’s attack on Jews rallying for the Israeli hostages in Gaza
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Fast Forward After Boulder attack, Trump revives Muslim travel ban with targeted changes
Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, told Jewish leaders the order is being tailored in response to the Egyptian-born suspect charged in the firebombing of Jewish marchers
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Opinion There’s one crucial Talmudic lesson we must act on in the wake of antisemitic violence
I live in Boulder. Observing Shavuot hours after an antisemitic attack struck my community taught me a deep truth
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Opinion A doctor in the midst of the Boulder attack: ‘This did not come out of vacuum’
An Israeli-American doctor cared for victims on the scene after an attacker flung Molotov cocktails
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Opinion I teach Jewish history in Boulder. Is my community taking the wrong lessons from Sunday’s attack?
Jumping to blame 'rhetoric' can make it harder for us to understand the phenomena behind violence
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Opinion Being Jewish in America today feels like walking multiple tightropes at once
After another antisemitic attack, American Jews are right to be unnerved — but not deterred from our values or our resilience
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Fast Forward What we know about the burn attack on a Jewish event in Boulder
There were 8 victims hospitalized and the alleged assailant faces hate crime charges
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