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Letters 13 NY rabbis to Jamaal Bowman: Quit your anti-Israel charades
An open letter from 13 New York rabbis criticizes Bowman's efforts to shift U.S. policy toward Israel
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Opinion ‘Next year in Jerusalem’ has grounded Diaspora Jews for centuries. Does the unrest in Israel change that?
Given the recent protests in Israel, the metaphorical Jerusalem is a more realistic aspiration this Passover
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Opinion This week left Israelis dazed and confused. What we do next will have existential consequences
Beyond the conflicts over checks and balances, minority rights and the dangers of dictatorship lies a clash between different, possibly irreconcilable, Israels
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Opinion I made aliyah 50 years ago. The recent protests remind me of why I stay
The current crisis has clarified my reasons for and reinforced my commitment to living here
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News This Knesset member wants diaspora Jews to connect to Israel — but not intervene in its internal affairs
Dan Illouz, a Canadian-born member of the ruling Likud Party, also called Biden’s criticism of judicial overhaul a ‘blatant interference in Israel's democratic process’
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Opinion Israeli hospitals banning bread on Passover? It’s more nuanced than you think
Lost amid the outrage is the salient fact that no Israeli hospital is being forced to go chametz-free during Passover
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Opinion I’m a junior in high school. Why do I need to apologize for Israel?
'Israel can’t do this; let’s stop Israel from doing that.' It’s berating and relentless, and too much
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News ‘Tough love’: American Jewish leaders praise Biden’s handling of crisis in Israel
Leaders of some of the largest American Jewish groups — secular and religious — say the president handled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admirably
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Culture Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary on the manosphere takes a detour into antisemitism
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Fast Forward Illinois primary pits Jewish candidate with deep Israel ties against AIPAC spending
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Opinion Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left
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Opinion Through missile strikes and sleepless nights, the persistent hope of being an Iranian Jew in Israel
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News Meet the TikToker trying to revive Judeo-Arabic, the nearly extinct language Jews once spoke across the Arab world
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Fast Forward ‘Buffer zones’ come to California, as a lawmaker proposes limiting protests near houses of worship
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Fast Forward The first and second Jewish mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, just had a shared bar mitzvah
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