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An audience of observant Jews listens to a talk by Israeli legal scholar Karin Loevy at a private apartment on New York's Upper West Side, Feb. 26, 2025. (JTA photo)
Posted inAnalysis

These Modern Orthodox and observant Jews want to change their community’s conversation around the Gaza war

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 27, 2025March 27, 2025
President Trump posted a message on Truth Social that put social media and college campuses, including Columbia University, on high alert, March 4, 2025. (Truth Social)
Posted inU.S.

As ICE targets a Palestinian activist, some Jews are asking if this is the fight against antisemitism they signed up for

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 12, 2025March 12, 2025
Trump shrugs while speaking at a lectern with the RJC logo on it
Posted inAnalysis

Trump’s Gaza relocation plan signals shift in Jewish political influence

by Jacob Kornbluh February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square Fountain became a site to call attention to the hostages and honor the dead after Oct. 7, 2023. A year later, weather-beaten memorials mix with new ones for fallen soldiers, Oct. 20, 2024. (Natalie Weinstein/J. Staff)
Posted inAnalysis

Israelis’ joy seeing hostages freed is tempered by a deep bitterness — and rage

Yossi Klein Halevi by Yossi Klein Halevi January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
Hostages freed
Posted inAnalysis

Freedom for three: Now the rest of the hostages must return

Amir Tibon by Amir Tibon January 19, 2025January 20, 2025
Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inAnalysis

Zionists faced increasing ostracization in 2024. It could get worse.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 7, 2025January 13, 2025
A student stands guard as tents are set up at a pro-Palestinian protest camp in Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, April 24, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inAnalysis

For pro-Palestinian campus protesters, 2024 began with a bang — but ends with a whimper

by Judy Maltz December 31, 2024December 31, 2024
A Jewish student watches a protest in support of Palestinians and for free speech at New York’s Columbia University campus, Nov. 14, 2023. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Amid war and an election, the Jewish mainstream bends to the right — and not just on Israel

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 16, 2024December 16, 2024
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on Jan. 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inOpinion

Netanyahu was right to end the war in Lebanon — now Gaza must follow

by Dan Perry November 27, 2024November 27, 2024
Trump, Musk, Don Jr and RFK smile while holding up McDonald's food on an airplane
Posted inAnalysis

What is ‘goyslop’ and does RFK want to ban it?

Mira Fox by Mira Fox November 21, 2024November 21, 2024

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