Opinion

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  Opinion

  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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  In Trump’s appalling new threats to democracy, a troubling warning to Jews

  Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally demonstrated what’s at stake for Jewish voters

  By Emily Tamkin Oct 28, 2024 | 4 min read
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  ‘America is for Americans and Americans only’: How Trump 2.0 evokes the Nazis

  At Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Stephen Miller, descendant of Jewish immigrants, gave us fair warning

  By Rob Eshman Oct 28, 2024 | 3 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren How a cup of coffee keeps one man feeling close to the hostages in Gaza

  

• Jay Michaelson Once again, I’m an outsider in America — like liberal Jews always were

  

• Rob Eshman Trump’s first picks are die-hard Israel supporters, mocking the pro-Palestinian protest vote

  

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

  

• Dan Perry After years of stalling, Netanyahu will finally face a courtroom — and, just maybe, a reckoning

  

• Emily Tamkin Will Trump’s efforts to fight antisemitism help degrade democracy?

  

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  Trump’s NYC rally was a morally disgusting glimpse of the MAGA future

  Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden showed the ugliest sides of his nationalist movement

  By Jay Michaelson Oct 28, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Israel’s calculated response in Iran was a signal, not an escalation

  But the real victory over Tehran can only come with an end to the Gaza war and diplomacy 

  By Dan Perry Oct 26, 2024 | 3 min read
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  With Sinwar dead, the ICC must stop or suspend Israel’s prosecution

  Trying Israel without Hamas risks violating the International Criminal Courts rules

  By Joel Margolis Oct 25, 2024 | 3 min read
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  I’m a U.S. Navy veteran. Here’s why I’m protesting Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally

  Trump's fear-mongering rhetoric, with echoes of MSG's 1939 pro-Hitler gathering, beckons extremist groups

  By Ken Harbaugh Oct 25, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Trump wants generals like Hitler’s. Does that make him a fascist?

  A historian weighs in on the rise of the F word in American politics

  By Rob Eshman Oct 24, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Can American Jews stop demonizing each other?

  The point isn’t to agree — it’s to disagree with reality, rather than with caricature

  By Jay Michaelson Oct 24, 2024 | 6 min read
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  Why ‘From the River to the Sea’ still echoes across campuses one year into protests

  Attempts to bar the pro-Palestinian chant have mostly failed

  By Maha Nassar Oct 24, 2024 | 6 min read
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  My mother survived the Holocaust — only to have antisemitism land on her doorstep here.

  In Somerville, Massachusetts, our "Stand With Israel" sign was attacked from the right and left

  By Brian Sokol Oct 23, 2024 | 5 min read
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  I survived the Tree of Life shooting. Oct. 7 made the memory more painful

  The Tree of Life community continues to begin again

  By Jeffrey Myers Oct 23, 2024 | 3 min read