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  Why progressives must retire the slogan ‘free Palestine’

  The words may not have originated as a threat to Jews — but now, they sound like one

  By Elliot Cosgrove

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  Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians

  The eye-catching protest distracted the world from the starving civilians it aimed to aid

  By Nora Berman Jun 9, 2025 | 4 min read
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  As fires burn in LA, has Trump found his Reichstag fire moment?

  Trump's decision to call in the National Guard to quell unrest recalls the ways in which Hitler asserted and consolidated power

  By Robert Zaretsky Jun 9, 2025 | 4 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Being Jewish in America today feels like walking multiple tightropes at once

  

• Rob Eshman The righteous rabbis protesting those immigration raids in Los Angeles

  

• Nora Berman Greta Thunberg’s Gaza flotilla was never going to help Palestinians

  

• Dan Perry Don’t be grateful two hostages’ bodies were recovered. Be furious.

  

• Emily Tamkin The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder

  

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  The righteous rabbis protesting those immigration raids in Los Angeles

  'It all feels different, militarized, dehumanizing,' said Rabbi Susan Goldberg

  By Rob Eshman Jun 9, 2025 | 4 min read
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  If Trump is being compared to Hitler, who was Hitler before he was Hitler?

  As he embraces authoritarianism, Trump takes his place in a rogues' gallery populated by such disreputable figures as Nero and Robespierre

  By Terrence Petty Jun 8, 2025 | 5 min read
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  Were the attacks in Boulder and D.C. the product of ‘blood libel’? Not so fast

  The idea of a blood libel has a very specific historical context — one that it's essential we not forget

  By Nadav Ziv Jun 6, 2025 | 6 min read
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  Don’t be grateful two hostages’ bodies were recovered. Be furious.

  The remains of two Israeli-American hostages have been returned from Gaza — but that doesn't mean closure

  By Dan Perry Jun 5, 2025 | 4 min read
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  After terror, can Jews move forward without isolating?

  The route to a peaceful future involves strengthening our bonds to other communities, not withdrawing from them

  By Boaz Heilman Jun 4, 2025 | 5 min read
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  There’s one crucial Talmudic lesson we must act on in the wake of antisemitic violence

  I live in Boulder. Observing Shavuot hours after an antisemitic attack struck my community taught me a deep truth

  By Aaron M. Schwartz Jun 4, 2025 | 3 min read
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  Pete Hegseth is targeting a Jewish American hero — who’s next?

  Hegseth has drawn the ire of Harvey Fierstein and others for trying to rename a ship dedicated to Harvey Milk

  By Benjamin Ivry Jun 4, 2025 | 5 min read
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  A doctor in the midst of the Boulder attack: ‘This did not come out of vacuum’

  An Israeli-American doctor cared for victims on the scene after an attacker flung Molotov cocktails

  By Rob Eshman Jun 3, 2025 | 4 min read