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What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

Eric Alterman’s “We Are Not One” is history of U.S.-Israel relations told through the intense public arguments they have engendered.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 22, 2023 7:00 am

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A law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary

Tom Ginsburg of the University of Chicago says a set of proposed reforms tilts the judiciary away from independence and towards politicization.

January 8, 2023 7:00 am

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An Israel analyst’s best- and worst-case scenarios for the new right-wing government

Michael Koplow of the Isreli Policy Forum fears a collapse of the Palestinian Authority on the West Bank should the far right get its way.

December 8, 2022 11:04 am

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A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past

By Andrew Silow-Carroll November 27, 2022 6:45 am

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‘Bad Jews’ describes a history of American Jewish infighting

By Andrew Silow-Carroll October 20, 2022 9:00 am

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High Holiday prayers not working for you? Try remixing metaphors.

By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 25, 2022 7:00 am

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A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name

By Andrew Silow-Carroll September 11, 2022 6:00 pm

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A writer faces his demons — and history’s — on a guided tour of Holocaust sites

By Andrew Silow-Carroll July 3, 2022 7:00 am

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The ‘queer, disabled’ Zionist who challenged the conventions of Israel’s founders

By Andrew Silow-Carroll May 22, 2022 7:00 am

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How a rebranded 92nd Street Y sees its Jewish future

By Andrew Silow-Carroll May 15, 2022 7:00 am

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The Sit-Down

What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

A law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary

An Israel analyst’s best- and worst-case scenarios for the new right-wing government

A Black writer explores how Germany remembers its ‘unthinkable’ past

‘Bad Jews’ describes a history of American Jewish infighting

High Holiday prayers not working for you? Try remixing metaphors.

A new study explains why Starbucks can’t spell your Jewish name

A writer faces his demons — and history’s — on a guided tour of Holocaust sites

The ‘queer, disabled’ Zionist who challenged the conventions of Israel’s founders

How a rebranded 92nd Street Y sees its Jewish future

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