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In the Michigan Senate race, Jews should (and will) vote for democracy
Abdul El-Sayed’s nomination is a chance to refocus on core values for our faith: fairness, truth and peace
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Opinion Abdul El-Sayed is right about the future of Israelis and Palestinians
The Michigan Senate nominee’s vision of self-determination for all provides a coherent alternative to the one-state partisans on both the left and right.
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Opinion A craven attempt to undermine the IDF — from one of Netanyahu’s top allies
An illegitimate effort to oust an IDF official who oversees the West Bank is a reminder of all that's wrong with Israel's governing coalition
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Opinion The real Jewish story of Ceuta, Spain’s migrant-magnet neighbor to Morocco
Jews settled in the Spanish outpost not just during the Inquisition but earlier, and have lived in peace among Muslim and Christian neighbors.
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Opinion Conservative rabbis just told interfaith couples they don’t count — again
New guidance mistakenly maintains a ban on performing weddings, even as it rights other wrongs
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Opinion From Jerusalem’s Old City, a book that defies Israel’s media image
Journalist Sarah Tuttle-Singer's new book, 'Fairy Lights in God's Backyard,' captures a fractured, tender Jerusalem since Oct. 7
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Looking Forward A mayor exposed New York City Jews to chaos. It wasn’t Mamdani.
John Lindsay’s inept handling of a schools control crisis six decades ago as antisemitism swirled offers perspective on claims that Mayor Zohran Mamdani is turning his city into a hellscape for Jews.
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Opinion Americans helped free Soviet Jewry and the hostages. It’s time to step up and stop West Bank terror.
We can no longer look away while violence, dispossession and murder happen in the name of the Jewish people — and have the power to prevail over injustice to Palestinians
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Opinion Antisemitic vitriol claims an unlikely new victim — a flamboyant and popular French DJ
Barbara Butch was subjected to insults and projectiles for the apparent crime of having once signed a petition
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Opinion Why I stand with Israel — and don’t let nasty reader responses faze me
The answer isn't complicated: Half the world's Jewish population lives there
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Opinion Can Israeli liberals win back the Democratic center — and save the U.S.-Israel alliance?
A new Israeli nonprofit is betting that liberal Zionists — not government talking points — can rebuild Democrats' trust in Israel, one difficult conversation at a time
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Opinion Abdul El-Sayed is right about the future of Israelis and Palestinians
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Looking Forward A mayor exposed New York City Jews to chaos. It wasn’t Mamdani.
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News Man charged in car crash that killed Jewish journalist vandalized a Jewish business days before
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Yiddish פֿאַר וואָס האָט משה רבינו געהייסן ייִדן אויסקלײַבן צווישן אַ ברכה און אַ קללה?Why did Moses command Jews to choose between a blessing and a curse?
ווען מע הערט יעדן טאָג וועגן מלחמות און אַנדערע צרות, דאַרף מען געדענקען, אַז די וועלט נייטיקט זיך אין אַ תּיקון.
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Opinion In the Michigan Senate race, Jews should (and will) vote for democracy
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News Michigan’s Jewish Democrats aren’t all ready to unite behind El-Sayed as nominee
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Yiddish World ‘The Yiddish Teacher’ (Poem)
