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Opinion My way or my way: Netanyahu’s PR strategy gamble
In the public relations war over Israel’s judicial overhaul, Bibi sticks with selling himself
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News The time Oppenheimer met Ben-Gurion to discuss Israel’s nuclear quest
Declassified documents in the Israeli state archives suggest that J. Robert Oppenheimer may have played a part in not one but two nuclear projects
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News A progressive Jewish group is pressuring Democrats to reject AIPAC endorsements
IfNotNow has targeted, among others, Jewish New York Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman
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News Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger calls the incumbent ‘viscerally anti-Israel’
Michael Gerald, a Baptist pastor, is the first candidate to launch a bid against Bowman but other challengers may emerge
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Opinion I fought for Israel as a lone soldier. Now I fight for it as a protestor
The same Zionist values inspired me to move to Israel, and to resist Netanyahu's immoral judicial overhaul
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Opinion Can the Israeli economy survive the judicial overhaul?
While only one of Netanyahu's proposed reforms has passed, the Israeli economy is already in crisis
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Theater In stories told through puppets, haunting tales of generational trauma
With 'Paper Cut,' Israeli artist Yael Rasooly has found a way to heal herself — and her audiences
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Opinion With the judicial overhaul, Netanyahu has broken something deeper than Israel’s democracy
The prime minister sacrificed social cohesion for personal ambition
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What did our great-grandparents eat for breakfast?
Mon., Aug 7, 2023 • 12 P.M. EST
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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday?
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