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In 1979, famed Zionist Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg observed that insufficient support for Israel had become the sole reason for excommunication in the American Jewish community. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Why is ‘anti-Israel’ the only cause for excommunication in American Judaism?

Aaron Hahn Tapper by Aaron J. Hahn Tapper April 8, 2018April 8, 2018
Israel independence Jerusalem Post
Posted inIsrael at 70

Seven decades on, Israel is still a work in progress — as it should be

by J. Editorial Board April 6, 2018
Stanford University students in Jerusalem on a Birthright Israel trip in 2017.
Posted inIsrael at 70

The lessons of Jewish history, Steve Jobs and the Tenth Roman Legion

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg April 6, 2018April 6, 2018
A Palestinian flag flying in Gaza City in 2015 (JTA/Photo-Mohammed Abed-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Dems’ support for Israel on the rise; Gaza is a distraction; and proof that this newspaper doesn’t speak Yiddish

by J. Readers April 5, 2018
Yoav Potash (top, in the 75 t-shirt) in Israel for the first time in 1979 with his brothers and cousins
Posted inIsrael at 70

How I learned all Israelis are not my father

Yoav Potash by Yoav Potash April 5, 2018June 26, 2019
Thousands of African asylum seekers and human rights activists protest in Tel Aviv, Feb. 21, 2018 (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

There is no moral dilemma: Let the asylum-seekers stay!

Rabbi Lee Bycel by Rabbi Lee Bycel April 5, 2018
An after-work Hebrew lesson for new emigres in Dimona, 1955 (Photo/Moshe Pridan-National Photo Collection)
Posted inIsrael at 70

‘Yiddish not spoken here’ — but my dad had a different idea

Vavi Toran by Vavi Toran April 5, 2018April 6, 2018
Eisner family music box with art by Arthur Szyk
Posted inIsrael at 70

The heirloom music box that still pulls on my heartstrings

Rabbi Dennis Eisner by Rabbi Dennis Eisner April 4, 2018April 5, 2018
The scene after a march in Paris in memory of Mireille Knoll, the 85-year-old Holocaust survivor murdered in her home, March 28, 2018. (Photo/JTA-Alain Jocard-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Dear Mr. Pompeo: The world needs the U.S. anti-Semitism monitor.

Nita LoweyChris Smith by Nita Lowey and Chris Smith April 4, 2018
Israeli police scuffle with Haredi Orthodox men protesting the arrests of two yeshiva students charged with draft evasion, in Jerusalem, Oct. 19, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Just like the Bay Area, Israel is overdue for its own ‘Big One’

Douglas E. Goldman by Douglas E. Goldman April 4, 2018April 4, 2018

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