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Opinion What ‘If Not Now’ Got Wrong About The Dyke March
When people ask what gives me hope that the American Jewish community will one day defend freedom and justice for Israelis and Palestinians, rather than defending Benjamin Netanyahu, I answer: “If Not Now.” A Millennial-powered movement, speaking in an authentically Jewish idiom, which challenges American Jewish leaders to meet the moral responsibilities of power, is…
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Opinion IfNotNow And The Challenge Of The Millennial Left
In a column last week, I compared IfNotNow, the Millennial-powered movement challenging American Jewish complicity in Palestinian repression, to Black Lives Matter. That upset some people,including IfNotNow itself, which issued a statement rejecting the comparison. That’s fine. I’m a fan of IfNotNow’s, but the movement has no obligation to agree with everything I write, just…
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Opinion Pussy Riot: Why Women Should Be Angry At Ivanka And Melania
Since the election, Democrats have been told what we and the Hillary campaign did, and keep doing, wrong. “Identity politics” was the issue, some insisted, as if supporting civil rights were as divisive and deplorable as white supremacy. Stop marching in silly pink hats and dropping F-bombs, Madonna and all of you, others complained —…
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News Jewish Couple Gets Nazi Letter After Hanging ‘Black Lives Matter’ Sign
After Sonya and Michael Franklin hung up a “Black Lives Matter” sign outside their Rockville, Maryland, home, the Jewish couple received an anti-Semitic threat letter and saw their property vandalized. “It has come to our attention that you support the black terror group that is ant-white and anti-police,” the letter pinned to their windshield read….
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Opinion Does Donald Trump Even Have a Policy on Police Reform and Racial Justice?
*This piece is part of a series about the issues in the 2016 presidential election.** Does Donald Trump have a solid stance on police reform or racial justice? The official “Policies” page on the website for his campaign does not have anything listed related to these issues. While Hillary Clinton’s campaign website includes separate tabs…
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Community To Combat BDS, You Need to Understand Intersectionality
Over the last few years I have been asked countless times to explain why supporters of women’s and gay rights ally with an intolerant Palestinian Arab society in which misogyny and honor killings are commonplace. A place where homosexuality is still illegal, LGBT individuals are routinely abused, and hundreds of Palestinian Arabs risk their lives…
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Breaking News New York Cabaret Scraps Black Lives Matter Benefit Over Israel Bashing
— A New York venue cancelled a concert raising money for Black Lives Matter over a recent policy platform by an affiliated group, which called Israel an “apartheid state” perpetuating “genocide” against the Palestinian people. An email sent to ticket holders this week said that the owners and managers of Feinstein’s/54 Below had “become aware of a recent addition to the BLM…
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Opinion Why Jews Should Support Colin Kaepernick’s Brave National Anthem Protest
San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick made waves this week by declining to stand during the national anthem at a pre-season game. Kaepernick, who has sat out the national anthem during at least one previous pre-season game, has faced backlash from those who see the refusal to stand as unpatriotic, disrespectful, and worse — specifically, that…
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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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