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The harrowing German concept that Donald Trump has not yet managed to achieve
Hitler managed to enact 'Gleichschaltung' in two months; the U.S. isn't quite there
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Opinion More US Jews feel ‘politically homeless’ than ever. What are we to do?
A new poll makes clear that neither party is meeting Jews' needs. That's not a reason to be hopeless
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Opinion With Marine Le Pen on the right and Defiant France on the left, French Jews face an impossible choice
In next year's French elections, antisemitism may well be on both sides of the ballot
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Opinion Israelis are experiencing a new kind of international boycott
Israel increasingly faces a form of informal exclusion rather than official sanctions
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Opinion AIPAC isn’t to blame for the Graham Platner scandal — no matter what social media trolls say
A new conspiracy theory prompts dismal insights into our civic landscape
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Opinion European leaders downplayed the Holocaust. Now Trump is using their tactics against the Smithsonian
The administration's latest salvo against the National Museum of American History has precedents in Poland and Hungary
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Opinion Israel’s government just took a terrifying new step toward authoritarianism
By flouting the Supreme Court, Netanyahu's cabinet has set up a showdown over Israel's basic democratic structure
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Opinion How to stop worrying about the Democratic Socialists of America
Some candidates are winning primaries by fueling resentment of Israel — but in most districts success lies in delivering for constituents, not demonizing
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Opinion My hopes for the rabbi who envisions my defeat — and for a better Jewish future
Elliot Cosgrove says I’m doomed politically as a Jew who seeks a new path for Israel. I invite him to join me in reckoning with our shared spiritual challenge.
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Opinion Looking for a precedent for the Supreme Court’s decisions? Try Germany in the 1930s.
Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt would have appreciated the Roberts court's views on the expansion of executive power
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Opinion For the first time in decades, Israelis have something to vote for — not just against
A joint Israeli-Palestinian political party presents a real opportunity for change
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