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Looking Forward Thinking about democracy in progress as Israel turns 75
An 'incredible divide' over what the country means — and real doubt about whether it will survive intact
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Culture These Jewish Eurovision songs are terrible. Listen to them anyway
For every awful song, there's a moment when nothing else works
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Fast Forward Birthright participation drops 40% for summer of 2023
Organization cites higher costs costs for post-COVID travel as the reason for fewer spots on free trips to Israel
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Fast Forward On a New Jersey school board, a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is brewing
A parent has taken legal action over a board member’s tweets
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News Biden picked up from where Trump left off to expand Abraham Accords, author claims
Israeli journalist Barak Ravid details a renewed U.S. effort to restore relations between Israel and Mauritania in a chapter added to a new edition of his 2021 book
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News Report: Shireen Abu Akleh, who died a year ago, is one of 20 journalists whose deaths involve Israeli military
The Committee to Protect Journalists’ scathing report notes that not a single soldier has faced prosecution in any of these cases
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Opinion Israel nominated a ‘proud racist’ to a prominent position. What do I tell my Black Jewish children?
The nomination (and withdrawal) of May Golan to serve as Israel's consul general in New York has broader lessons for us all
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Fast Forward This Jewish doctor refused to sign a pledge opposing BDS — so he didn’t get paid
An Arkansas law requires anyone doing business with the state to promise not to boycott Israel
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Culture Ye’s antisemitism is old news, but it’s time to pay attention again
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Opinion Edan Alexander’s release was the last good news we’ll get from wartime Israel
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