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Michael, a patient at a Brooklyn methadone clinic for those addicted to heroin, displays a Hebrew tattoo of the "shema" prayer that he looks to in his fight with addiction. (Photo/Forward-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
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100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. How should Jewish communities respond?

by Rudy Malcom and Forward May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
a screenshot of the banner at the top of the Libs of TikTok twitter account, which features a small black logo and an American flag
Posted inAnalysis

The Twitter activist behind the far-right ‘Libs of TikTok’ is an Orthodox Jew. Does that matter?

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 20, 2022
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stands at a checkpoint. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Kyiv or Kiev? Zelensky or Zelenskyy? In Ukraine, spelling is political

by Aviya Kushner and Forward March 9, 2022March 9, 2022
Residents and community members gather at Moishe House in Dnipro, Ukraine for a night of singing niggunim, or wordless Jewish melodies, March 2021. (Photo/Courtesy RSJ Moishe House)
Posted inOpinion

The Jewish post-rescue era ended with the war in Ukraine, just as young Jews there started their Jewish lives

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA March 8, 2022March 9, 2022
Man wearing swastika hat and White Power T-shirt
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‘Thanks Jews, for the publicity’: Is Goyim TV succeeding?

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 23, 2022February 23, 2022
Whoopi Goldberg attends a benefit event in New York City, Sept. 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Sean Zanni-Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)
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Are Jews white? Is Whoopi Goldberg Jewish? ‘The View’ Holocaust controversy, explained

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA February 3, 2022
Ariana DeBose as Anita and David Alvarez as Bernardo in the 2021 version of "West Side Story." (Photo/JTA-Niko Tavernise-20th Century Studios)
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Jews were the creative forces behind ‘West Side Story’ decades ago and today. Should they be?

by Jordyn Haime and JTA December 10, 2021
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At the Charlottesville trial, defendants got the judge to say ‘gas the kikes.’ Here’s how, and why it matters.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 19, 2021
Minister Louis Farrakhan, (left) on May 9, 2019, in Chicago; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on June 15, 2021, in Washington. (Photos/RNS-AP)
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What is the Nation of Islam and why is Marjorie Taylor Greene praising it?

by Paul O'Donnell and RNS November 10, 2021
From left, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan take part in a joint news conference at the State Department in Washington, Oct. 13, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Andrew Harnik-Pool-AFP-via Getty Images)
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Why a seemingly minor word choice appeased Yair Lapid on D.C. visit

by Ron Kampeas and JTA October 14, 2021

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