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Opinion Some Israeli Haredim are joining the IDF. Can secular Jews get along with them?
The current war can help secular Jews understand that the Haredim are not the threat they’re often made out to be
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Film & TV This Arab-Israeli high school comedy is the TV show about the conflict we all need right now
Sayed Kashua's newest TV show is a realist, yet hopeful — and funny — approach to the conflict
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Fast Forward Jewish Rep. Goldman would ‘love’ a cease-fire, but not while Hamas still rules Gaza
In a rare virtual town hall meeting, Dan Goldman explained the conditions under which he would support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war
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Opinion Should Harvard and MIT fire their presidents? Either way, it’s bad for the Jews
The truth is that neither cracking down on hate speech or letting it continue is particularly good for us
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Opinion President Biden, Jewish American safety is your responsibility, not Israel’s
Over 7 million Jews live in the United States. It is our president’s job to protect us.
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News Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor praises students who helped oust UPenn’s former president
Gov. Josh Shapiro credited Penn students who helped oust former President Liz Magill, and rejected calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as premature
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Opinion Calling for genocide is antisemitic. Why couldn’t the president of my alma mater say so?
University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill’s inability to unequivocally condemn antisemitism reflect a broader problem.
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Fast Forward Two-thirds of Americans say Hamas holds ‘a lot’ of responsibility for the war
But American support for Biden’s position on the conflict remains low
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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News Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Yiddish װערטער װאָס ראַטעװען: ירמיהו אַהרן טאַובס נײַ ביכל לידערWords of rescue: Yermiyahu Ahron Taub’s new book of poetry
באַזונדערש רירנדיק דאָ זײַנען די בילדער פֿון משפּחה־רײַבונגען, פֿון באַגעגענישן װאָס ברענגען נישט צו קײן עמאָציאָנעלע פֿאַרשטענדיקונגען.
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Fast Forward Israel, US condemn Belgium over planned prosecutions tied to Jewish circumcisions
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Fast Forward Rutgers disinvites commencement speaker over tweet claiming Israelis ‘train dogs to sexually assault prisoners’
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Fast Forward Brussels cathedral installs plaques apologizing for medieval antisemitic persecution depicted in stained glass