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Looking Forward How a cup of coffee keeps one man feeling close to the hostages in Gaza
Sasha Troufanov spent his second birthday in captivity this week. Josh Katz thinks about him every weekday at 3 p.m.
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Opinion Voters elected Hitler because they liked his fascist promise. Trump’s reelection repeats that history
The failures of a campaign run on the argument that Trump embodies authoritarian principles are telling, and tragic
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Opinion 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
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Opinion 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
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Opinion I survived the Tree of Life shooting. Oct. 7 made the memory more painful
The Tree of Life community continues to begin again
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Opinion Why Jewish voter turnout matters in this election
Razor-thin margins in swing states make every Jewish vote count
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Opinion Take it from someone who’s both Black and Jewish: Ta-Nehisi Coates weaponizes race to spread antisemitism
No, it’s not racist to speak out against The Message.
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Opinion I study the relationship between Zionism and Judaism. Oct. 7 may have changed it forever
Israel has become a defining fact of Jewish life for Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews alike
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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 Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
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Opinion After all that controversy, here’s why Ta-Nehisi Coates (probably) didn’t change any minds on Israel-Palestine
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Looking Forward How a Jewish student at Columbia became an icon of a movement
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Culture At 95, Shaindel Schreiber is still dispensing babka and advice on the Lower East Side
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Fast Forward Fighting antisemitism is ‘an American issue’ not a Democratic or Republican one, says House Democratic leader
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