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Sensationalizing campus antisemitism isn’t serving Jewish students like mine

Reports painting academia as hostile territory for Jews are hurting opportunities for learning and dialogue, writes an associate professor of Jewish studies at Rutgers University.

Michigan voters head to polls for primary as Biden faces protest for Gaza policy

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While pro-Palestinian supporters glorify a suicide, a ballot box protest gets results

In Michigan, “Uncommitted” voters found a way to get, if not a seat at a table, then some time in the room.

Ideas

Remembering Ellen Bernstein, 70, the ‘birthmother’ of Jewish environmentalism

A close friend and colleague members the founder of Shomrei Adamah, a Jewish group that asserted that the environmental crisis is a spiritual crisis.

‘Were you adopted?’ and other questions not to ask Jews of color

Everybody’s talking about anti-Zionism

This year’s ‘Little Purim’ is a big opportunity to appreciate the good

For Ukraine’s Jews, the work is not yet done — even as the crisis rages into its third year

Why one Israeli security veteran hasn’t given up on a two-state solution

How ‘ceasefire’ became a dirty word, even to some progressive groups

What Jewish mysticism can teach us about psychedelics

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