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80 years after Germany surrendered, we’re still learning the real lessons of World War II
The morality of the war was never as simple as Allies versus Axis
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Opinion My Holocaust survivor parents would be appalled by what became of their American dream
80 years after liberation, has the bastion of liberty they idolized changed irrevocably?
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Opinion Trump’s cuts are a war on Jewish literature, thought and history itself
The proposed elimination of the NEA and the NEH is already hitting the Jewish academic and literary community hard
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Opinion Is Israel really going to reoccupy Gaza? Ask Trump
With the president about to visit the Middle East, Netanyahu is testing his pacifist instincts
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Opinion She’s a titan of Israeli architecture. Her story contains troubling lessons for her country
Ada Karmi-Melamede is responsible for designing many public works in Israel, including the Israeli Supreme Court building
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Opinion Ireland’s prime minister gave condolences for Hitler’s death — here’s why that’s a contemporary problem
Irish Jews have always lived in some tension with their home country
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Opinion The Trump administration is primed to give a gigantic gift to extremists in the West Bank
Eliminating the US security coordinator in the region will only deepen the volatility that's taken hold since Oct. 7
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Opinion In this Hegelian age, we should be talking about Herzl, not Trump
Those would call Trump a Hegelian 'world-soul' would be wise to go back to their history books
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Opinion The secret cost of Israel’s wars ravaged my family. It’s only getting worse.
This Yom HaZikaron, we have to acknowledge an undercovered menace to Israel's soldiers
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Opinion Is JB Pritzker’s very Jewish toughness the key to fighting Trump?
Or is Josh Shapiro's bridge-building the better tactic?
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Opinion RFK Jr. and Trump are talking about an ‘autism registry.’ This sounds disturbingly familiar.
Nazi Germany collected medical data about the disabled, including those on the autism spectrum
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