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Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch

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Why a liberal Zionist rabbi isn’t taking to the streets over Israel’s judicial reform plan

Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch has spoken out against the current government, but says there are limits to Diaspora criticism of the Jewish state.

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Multiple efforts in Jewish sovereignty have self-destructed after 75 years. Can Israel defy history — again?

Israel triumphed over external threats. Two scholars ask if it can survive its internal divides.

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As Israel turns 75, we should celebrate by fighting for it to live up to its ideals

This year’s Independence Day shouldn’t be business as usual, writes the CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.

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Torah is the anti-ChatGPT. But we can embrace artificial intelligence without losing our soul.

Can a Holocaust documentary have a happy ending? Should it?

For theatergoers at Broadway’s recent spate of Jewish shows, attendance is a form of witness

I can’t forget what the Nazis did to my family, but I can be grateful to a repentant Germany

‘Two Israels’: What’s really behind the judicial reform protests

Judaism doesn’t want you to wander and live just anywhere — or does it?

The life-changing magic of washing your hands (on Passover)

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