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News Will Rising Criticism Of Israel Help Jewish Democrats — Or Hurt Them?
The escalating conflict in the Middle East has spurred liberal Democrats to take a much more critical tone on Israel — but it’s unclear whether the shift will galvanize the progressive base or dampen enthusiasm among more moderate Jewish voters. More than a dozen senators, including Bernie Sanders and Dianne Feinstein, signed a letter describing…
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Fast Forward Paraguay Opens Embassy In Jerusalem
Paraguay opened its Israel embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, the second country to follow the United States in making the politically sensitive move from Tel Aviv. Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended the inauguration ceremony. The United States relocated its embassy to Jerusalem a week ago, drawing Palestinian anger. It…
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Israel News Why American ‘Lone Soldiers’ Are Still Eager To Join Israel’s Army
In July 2014, following the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers, the Israel Defense Forces began a major ground invasion of Gaza, dubbed Operation Protective Edge. American Jews an app that notifies users of every rocket fired into Israeli territory. On day 13 of the war, Max Steinberg, an American-born IDF soldier, was killed…
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Letters Scott Wallace Says He Is ‘J Street Democrat’ — And Opposes BDS
To the editor, I was surprised and disappointed to see that the Forward published an article incorrectly characterizing me as a supporter of the BDS movement. I do not support the BDS movement and never have. I disavow it. The grants in question were made from an account in the foundation that was assigned to…
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Fast Forward German Cartoonist Fired For ‘Anti-Semitic’ Netanyahu Caricature
German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung said it had ended its decades-long collaboration with cartoonist Dieter Hanitzsch after he depicted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu using “anti-Semitic cliches.” Editor-in-chief Wolfgang Krach said publishing the cartoon, carried in the May 15 issue of the daily, was a mistake and he apologized to readers. Krach later said the cartoon…
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Fast Forward Did Israel Allow Informant On Jewish Extremists To Commit Suicide?
(JTA) — The family of an Israeli government informant on Jewish extremists who killed himself is demanding authorities investigate their agents’ failure to prevent the suicide. The 20-year-old informant, identified in the Israeli media only as A, hanged himself at the Havat Gilad West Bank outpost shortly after telling his handler at the Israel Security…
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Opinion Why We Still Need Intersectionality
Intersectionality is fundamentally broken. It has failed Jews — not by accident, by design — and should be abandoned as a model for achieving equality. So argues Batya Ungar-Sargon in her recent opinion piece, “Intersectionality Has Abandoned Jews. Should Jews Abandon Intersectionality?” in The Forward. The latter point, I will concede. Those using intersectionality as…
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Community I Used To Call For Boycotts Of Israel — Until I Spoke With Holocaust Survivors
I had always associated the words ‘stage fright’ with my sweaty palms and shaking legs before a concert. Will I hit that high note correctly? Will my runs be perfectly legato? Will I remember to breathe before I open my mouth to sing? I never realized that defending my dissertation would be an equally nerve…
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