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News Jewish Israelis are heading to Arabic class — and learning a bit more about Palestinians
‘I thought it was absurd that Jews don’t know Arabic and lots of people agreed with me,’ said Gilad Sevitt, who developed a popular online course to teach it
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Film & TV 7 great new films from Israel coming soon to a (big or small) screen near you
Documentaries and social dramas were among the highlights at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival
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News What to expect from an emerging Iran nuclear deal
A united Israeli front against an agreement is likely to draw opposition from mainstream Jewish groups but unlikely to trigger much blowback among Democrats
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Opinion Israel is criminalizing Palestinian human rights defenders. American Jews must push the US to intervene
Israel's raid on seven Palestinian human rights NGOs is not a sign of a healthy democracy
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Opinion Dan Goldman won NY-10 — but does Brooklyn really need another white, straight, wealthy male politician?
New York City will now likely have two Jewish representatives in Congress
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News In New York’s primaries, tough choices for many Jewish voters
At least two Democratic incumbents could lose their seats and New York City could lose its sole Jewish House member — or see its Jewish representation increase
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Books When the Saudi Crown Prince interrupts your Seder – and more things we learned from Jared Kushner’s new memoir
Kushner’s book, ‘Breaking History: A White House Memoir,’ is due out on Tuesday
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Fast Forward Biden administration: Israel has yet to justify shuttering of Palestinian human rights groups
The United States voiced its 'concern' about Israel's raids on the offices of human rights NGOs in Ramallah
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News Joe Kent, Trump official with white supremacist ties, resigns over Iran war and blames Israel
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Theater Roald Dahl’s monstrous views have a seat at the table today
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Letters ‘Verbal sparring’ at a conference for religious Jews breaking from Israel orthodoxy? That’s not what I experienced
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News Catholic Church urges clergy to address ‘misleading statements’ about Jews by far-right influencers
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Opinion Is this Netanyahu’s Winston Churchill moment?
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