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News How Christian Zionism explains Mike Huckabee’s expansive view of Israel’s borders
The U.S. ambassador’s claim to Tucker Carlson that “it would be fine if it took it all” surprised many viewers — but it has its roots in evangelical theology
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Opinion What Tucker Carlson won’t tell you about U.S. military aid to Israel
That aid doesn't really come at the expense of spending on domestic issues
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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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Looking Forward 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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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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