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Outlawing racism won’t erase it
The leader of the extreme Jewish anti-assimilation group Lehava is a Judah Maccabee of our time.
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The infighting at Shas is not particularly remarkable, but the prospect that some of its ranks may join a party not from the ultra-Orthodox ranks would break its hegemony.
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The election is a sideshow to our real struggle
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Jewish nation-state law will make us all second-class citizens
The proposed bill disenfranchises both Jewish and non-Jewish Israelis since we will all live in a diminished democracy.
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Let's not turn Judaism into a death cult
In countering the Palestinian attempt to 'contextualize' Tuesday's slaughter in a Jerusalem synagogue, we must avoid glorifying Jewish martyrdom.
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How kosher is Jewish money?
Israelis have the most to lose from the destructive potential of donations from the likes of Haim Saban and Sheldon Adelson. We should thank them for bringing this debate out into the open.
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For a joint Jewish-Arab intifada in the Holy City
The conflict aside, Israel’s eternal unified capital is a dysfunctional mess.
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Nov 7, 2014
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The Temple Mount has gone mainstream
The shooting of Yehuda Glick is a stark reminder that those seeking a return to Judaism’s holiest site are no longer a bunch of fringe extremists. We dismiss them at our peril.
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Oct 31, 2014
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Rights and wrongs in a troubled Jerusalem
The city dodged a bullet with the election of new chief rabbis for the first time in 11 years, but tension in Jerusalem is at its highest since the end of the second intifada.
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How British Jewry and Israel fumbled the U.K. Palestine vote
The community mobilized to block recognition of Palestine in parliament – despite Israel's policy of ignoring the vote.
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Don’t blame seat-switching ultra-Orthodox men for air rage
If we want to see ourselves as belonging to the enlightened section of the Jewish people, there are better ways to use our time in the air than getting offended by the Haredim.
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The question Netanyahu would prefer to duck
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5774, the year of blaming the Jews
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