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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

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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
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  I teach Jewish history in Boulder. Is my community taking the wrong lessons from Sunday’s attack?

  Jumping to blame 'rhetoric' can make it harder for us to understand the phenomena behind violence

  By Hilary Kalisman Jun 3, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Being Jewish in America today feels like walking multiple tightropes at once

  After another antisemitic attack, American Jews are right to be unnerved — but not deterred from our values or our resilience

  By Jay Michaelson Jun 3, 2025 | 4 min read
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  The two things I fear most after the horrifying attack on Jews in Boulder

  Our leaders must de-escalate — or things will get even worse

  By Emily Tamkin Jun 2, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Take it from us, antisemitism envoys for Trump and Biden: The fight against Jew-hatred must not be politicized

  Ambassador (ret.) Elan Carr, Ambassador (ret.) Deborah Lipstadt and Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the president’s pick for the position, speak in one voice

  By Yehuda Kaploun, and Elan Carr, and Deborah E. Lipstadt Jun 2, 2025 | 3 min read
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  At the forefront of French opposition to the war in Gaza, the superstar rabbi who inspired an HBO series

  Decrying destruction, death and famine, Delphine Horvilleur is practicing what she's been preaching

  By Robert Zaretsky Jun 1, 2025 | 3 min read
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  After the DC shooting, both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups are failing

  The deaths of the murdered couple demand deeper introspection from both groups

  By David N. Myers May 30, 2025 | 4 min read
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  Israel is becoming a pariah state. Here’s what American Jews must do.

  American Jews can no longer afford to defer to institutions that ask them to check their conscience at the door

  By Daniel Sokatch May 29, 2025 | 4 min read