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Rabbi Jay Michaelson

Rabbi Jay Michaelson

Rabbi Jay Michaelson is a contributing columnist for the Forward and for Rolling Stone. He is the author of 10 books, and won the 2023 New York Society for Professional Journalists award for opinion writing.

Donald Trump speaking with attendees at a "Chase the Vote" rally at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, June 6, 2024. (Gage Skidmore via Flickr CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

What would Donald Trump do in Gaza?

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
Pastor John Hagee speaking about Iran's attack on Israel, April 14, 2024. (Screenshot/Twitter)
Posted inOpinion

The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson April 17, 2024
a man wearing a yarmulke, seen from behind
Posted inOpinion

Antisemitism is increasing — but the growing panic about it isn’t a reflection of reality

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson April 8, 2024
Harvard Yard and the Harvard Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo/DeviantArt-Cyclical Core CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inOpinion

How culture warriors weaponized Jewish grief and forced Harvard’s president to resign

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson January 2, 2024January 2, 2024
A sea of signs demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza at the March for Israel in Washington, Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCRC Bay Area)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s hostage deal makes the best of an impossible situation

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson November 21, 2023November 21, 2023
Students chant “Free Palestine” as they circle the block during a walkout in support of Gaza at Galileo High School in San Francisco, Oct. 18, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOpinion

Calling Israel’s actions ‘genocide’ harms the cause of human rights everywhere

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson October 26, 2023
Israeli Consul General Yaacov Sella (left) and Mayor Dianne Feinstein hang an Israeli flag from City Hall in 1986 to mark 38 years of Israeli independence. (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inOpinion

Dianne Feinstein was tenacious and contradictory — just like American Jews

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
Donald Trump at the White House during his presidency. (Photo/JTA-Doug Mills-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

With the latest staggering indictment, Donald Trump may finally face his personal Yom Kippur

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson August 15, 2023August 15, 2023

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