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Opinion The Forward’s Paymeter: FAQ
Our paymeter has launched and you may have questions. Here are some of the more frequently asked ones! Why should I pay to look at Forward.com? The Forward is a reader-supported non-profit publication. We’re dedicated to thoughtful, thorough, in-depth journalism and storytelling. It takes a tremendous amount of resources to maintain the standards that our…
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Opinion What Happens When Jewish Anti-Semitism Causes Terror?
The recent arrest of a 19-year-old Israeli with dual American citizenship who is accused of issuing bomb threats to more than 100 Jewish institutions around the world exposed a blind spot in our understanding of anti-Semitism. Sometimes a Jew can commit acts of anti-Semitism. Sometimes hateful acts come from within. Jews, given our history, are…
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Opinion Sebastian Gorka, Uphold Your Oath To The American People
For several weeks, the Forward has published a series of articles about Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump, chief adviser on counter-terrorism, and member of the administration’s newly formed Strategic Initiatives Group. The articles reported that Gorka had close ties to far-right politicians in Hungary and that the leaders of a group on the…
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Opinion Trump Says You Can’t Love America And Care About The World. Jews Know Better.
President Trump delivered an unexpectedly presidential speech when he addressed a joint session of Congress for the first time last night, reciting his campaign promises in a kinder, gentler tone, gesturing at compromise and offering a gauzier vision of America than we have ever heard from him before. But laced through the hour-long speech was…
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Opinion Yes, Trump Finally Denounced Anti-Semitism. But Is It Enough?
President Trump has finally, after too long a time, denounced and distanced himself from the cascading anti-Semitism that is being directed at Jewish communities around this country. Here’s why his remarks today, first on television and then at the National Museum of African American History and Culture, are so necessary. And why they might not…
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Opinion Despite the Smiles, Trump And Bibi May Be Headed For A Clash
A shroud of uncertainty hangs over Wednesday’s meeting when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Donald Trump as president for the first time. And uncertainty is no friend of the fraught American-Israeli relationship, no matter how many Israelis cheered Trump’s election as the coming of the Messiah. To begin with, both men drag a suitcase…
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Opinion Our Cherished Wall in Jerusalem Increasingly Divides Us
I was in Jerusalem for a week last month, and I never once went to the Kotel. This was unusual for me. On my many prior stays in Israel, the ancient stones of the Western Wall were like a magnet, drawing me close and stripping away my journalistic skepticism, leaving me feeling a little more…
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Opinion Our Great Moral Failure in Syria
Two thousand and sixteen was the year that America lost all claim to moral leadership, the year when apathy, prejudice and self-absorption finally destroyed our ability to act wisely in the world. The siege of Aleppo signified the end. For five years until now, we have watched as Syria descended into a civil war that…
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