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Opinion My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.
You don’t counter the fantasy of erasing Israel by proposing the same for Gaza, writes Hen Mazzig
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Books A Jewish family’s trauma is the villain in an epic Israeli-Palestinian love story
Zeeva Bukai on how a tragedy drives intergenerational conflict in her debut novel, 'The Anatomy of Exile'
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News How Israel’s Black Panthers radicalized its Mizrahi Jews, and changed the country
A new history of the 1970s protest movement aims to plug a hole in Israel’s public record
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News Instagram’s ‘IsraelSoWhite’ mocks notion of Israelis as ‘white colonizers’
Satirical campaign from director Ben Younger celebrates diversity among Israeli Jews
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Food These bodaciously herbaceous Jewish ingredients just might make you cuckoo for kuku
Fresh herbs are essential to a scrumptious frittata-like Persian specialty
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Opinion As Israel turns 75, I remember what I had to sacrifice to become a ‘good Israeli’
In order to be accepted in Israel, I had to deny my Iranian identity
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News Los Angeles shooting victim: ‘He was looking for Jewish people for sure’
A suspect was arrested in relation to Thursday night. He did not stop his victim from attending services on Friday
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News Proposed US census categories on race and ethnicity leave some Jews in a confusing place
New Middle Eastern-North African category still isn’t specific enough to meet communities’ diverse needs, advocate says
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Opinion My Jewish moms group ousted me because I work for J Street. Is this what communal life has come to?
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Opinion Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil
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Culture Jews thought Trump wanted to fight antisemitism. Why did he cut all of their grants?
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Opinion Trump’s followers see a savior, but Jewish historians know a false messiah when they see one
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Fast Forward Trump administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil for undermining U.S. foreign policy on antisemitism, judge rules
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Opinion This Passover, let’s retire the word ‘Zionist’ once and for all
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