Rob Eshman is a senior columnist for the Forward. Follow him on Instagram @foodaism and Twitter @foodaism or email eshman@forward.com.
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By Rob Eshman
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Opinion Almost 5 months after Oct. 7, my Israeli brother-in-law still wonders ‘what the hell happened?’
Far from recovered after the Hamas attack, the residents of the Negev are dealing with a 'post-post traumatic' new reality
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Opinion Netanyahu’s plan for endless war must force a reckoning for American Jews
Israel's longest-serving prime minister has made it impossible to feel uncomplicated support for the country
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Opinion Biden’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is our best hope. Here’s why
'No one's going anywhere' is the best way to sell the new Biden Doctrine
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Opinion Why did one of the best cookbooks of 2023 go unnoticed? Hint: It’s Israeli.
Moshe Basson’s 'The Eucalyptus Cookbook' never made the splash it deserved
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Opinion ‘A taint of evil’: why the ICJ genocide ruling was branding genius
The charges may have been softened, but the label sticks
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Opinion The impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas is a high-tech lynching of an American Jew
The great replacement theory and Zionist conspiracies fuel the GOP effort
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Opinion If Israel won’t help Palestinian olive farmers, American Jews should
'Pushkes for Palestinians’ can repair the damage West Bank settlers have caused
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Opinion Israel is no safe haven. So why are Jews defending Biden’s comments?
Like the president, we believe the myth of Zionism, while reality has moved on
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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