Opinion

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  Politics

  Trump’s reelection is devastating American Jews. Our tradition tells us how we should begin to move forward

  The future for the US looks bleak. But individuals — and communities — still have power

  By Emily Tamkin Nov 6, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  I’m a Jew of color. Ta-Nehisi Coates can’t apply US lessons to Israel.

  The history of conquest and oppression in the Holy Land is infinitely more complicated than it is in the US

  By Yirmiyahu Danzig Oct 11, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  Forgiveness has its limits: a Yom Kippur reflection on justice

  What Jewish texts might say about this year’s sins and sinners

  By Dan Perry Oct 11, 2024 | 3 min read

Columnists View All

• Jodi Rudoren The latest casualty of the Israel-Hamas war is a volunteer police chaplain program in New Jersey

  

• Jay Michaelson We can be thankful this year — and Jewish wisdom can help

  

• Rob Eshman Celebrating Christmukkah? There’s a food for that.

  

• Nora Berman Since Oct. 7, my daughter has become anti-Israel, and I’m grieving

  

• Dan Perry Houthis could have killed Israeli children. Israel can’t quell the Islamist threat alone

  

• Emily Tamkin It’s been a dark year. The holidays are challenging. Let Isaac Bashevis Singer guide you

  

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  Opinion

  Atoning during a war feels impossible. Instead, resolve to do better

  Yom Kippur offers a chance to start anew, even when you can't shake off the weight of what's past

  By Unitha Cherry Oct 11, 2024 | 2 min read
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  Opinion

  If you’re a Jew who has turned your back on Israel, Yom Kippur is the time to return

  The Kol Nidre prayer provides a path back for those lured away

  By Elisha Wiesel Oct 11, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  On Yom Kippur, my brother-in-law is still a hostage. How do I atone for that? 

  Our failure to free the hostages is an ongoing sin

  By Moshe Emilio Lavi Oct 11, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  Netanyahu’s government is serving Iran’s strategy — not fighting it

  Israel’s poor leadership undermines the impact of its astonishing victories 

  By Ephraim Sneh Oct 10, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  Allies at odds, Netanyahu and Emmanuel Macron have more in common than they’d like to admit

  Critics drawing unfavorable comparisons between the two leaders and their predecessors ignore key historical context

  By Robert Zaretsky Oct 9, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Opinion

  A two-state solution may seem like a distant dream. Here’s why it shouldn’t be

  From the river to the sea, Palestine and Israel must be free, secure — and separate

  By Ibrahim Dalalsha Oct 8, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  I’m a Holocaust survivor. Here’s why I celebrated my 80th birthday protesting at an Israeli prison

  I learned early on how essential it is to treat all human lives as sacred

  By Veronika Cohen Oct 8, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Letters

  Do anti-Zionist Yiddishists see the Hamas massacre of Jews as ‘resistance’?

  As a second-generation Bundist, I find the theater collective GLYK’s pro-Palestinian alignment misguided

  By Helen Paloge Oct 7, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Opinion

  A year after Oct. 7, will Israel choose the way of peace, or that of religious nationalism?

  The country is locked in a debate about what the Hamas attack meant — and what to do about it

  By Daniel Sokatch Oct 7, 2024 | 4 min read