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Opinion We are talking past one another on Zionism
Does the term refer to an ideology in theory, or a historical reality?
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Yiddish World Millennial anxieties are the ‘new normal’ in these Yiddish stories
For young Israeli author Shiri Shapira, the 9/11 attacks turned the future into something dangerous and uncertain
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News Young Americans increasingly likely to view Hamas as ‘resistance,’ not terrorists
Polling hints at growing sympathy — but also misses important complexities of views on the Gaza militant group
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Opinion You could be imprisoned for praying at the Western Wall — and Bibi isn’t stopping it
What a looming vote reveals about the governing coalition’s direction, and Israel’s future
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Film & TV Dear internet: Having Jews in movies isn’t ‘Zionist propaganda’
Viewers of new films, and old, are missing the plot on the Jewish story
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Antisemitism Decoded Trump and Biden officials clash over campus antisemitism actions as federal investigation kicks off
The first hearing in the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights probe prompted dueling accusations of overreach and indifference
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Fast Forward Israel’s High Court sides with egalitarian prayer advocates in long-running Western Wall dispute
“The court is ordering an end to the foot-dragging,” Reform Movement attorneys say a decade after a deal to expand egalitarian prayer was struck
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Fast Forward Israeli police detain Women of the Wall leaders a day after high-stakes court hearing
Judges asked why a compromise plan allowing egalitarian worship at Judaism’s holy site has not been carried out
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Opinion The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel
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News When observant Jews gathered to challenge Israel orthodoxy, verbal sparring and walkouts ensued
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Culture Could my love of oysters actually be kosher?
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Fast Forward Suspect in Michigan synagogue attack dead after ramming car into temple, police say
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