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Opinion Republican rhetoric about immigrants violates a core Jewish principle
Lashon hara — speech that degrades others — is verboten in Jewish law. But it shapes our public discourse
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News Analysis: Why GOP Jews are more jazzed about Trump this election
Jews vote overwhelmingly for Democrats. But among GOP Jews, the enthusiasm for Trump at the Republican National Convention feels particularly strong.
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Culture What Stephen Sondheim knew about Donald Trump’s would-be assassin — and the American culture that produced him
Sondheim had the idea that would-be presidential assassins are trying to live out a version of the American dream gone rotten
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Opinion It’s time for liberal Jews to shake off the dust, arise, and save democracy
Everything has its season; this is not the season for despair
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Opinion 1932 was a pivotal year in the Nazis’ ascent. It’s a terrifying parallel for today
After Trump survived an assassination attempt, his election seems increasingly inevitable — which, as Hitler knew, is a major political asset
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News ‘Never in my life voted for a Republican’: Who is Shabbos Kestenbaum and why will he address the GOP convention?
Kestenbaum is suing Harvard, his alma mater, over the antisemitism he said he faced there
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Culture Seeing Trump’s failed assassination as a sign of God’s favor is a very biblical mistake
After the failed assassination attempt, many claimed the near-miss was a sign of Trump's favor from God. But God hates assumptions
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Opinion Netanyahu is exploiting Trump’s attempted assassination to target left-wing dissenters in Israel
Netanyahu and Trump have both leapt to declare, without evidence, that liberal protests against them are a form of incitement to violence
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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