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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators surround a Jewish man at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)

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An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel

Student activists are denying Jews the rights and dignity that they seek for Palestinians, writes a rabbi, author and Columbia alumna.

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We in the Israel-politics ‘sandwich generation’ need our Jewish institutions to change how they define antisemitism

Labeling calls for a ceasefire as “antisemitic” is alienating younger Jews and confusing non-Jews, writes a Jewish member of the Rochester, New York, City Council.

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The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history

A hard-working pitcher was the last of “The Boys of Summer,” profiled in a classic book about baseball and its hold on the borough’s Jewish fans.

An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables

How a 100-year-old law changed American immigration policy to this day

Literature celebrates nuance. So why does the book world feel so one-sided on Israel?

My stepfather, Joe Lieberman, modeled integrity inside and out

What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika

Growing up Jewish on the Upper West Side ‘when housing was a human right’

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