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Opinions

OP-ED: JewishStudents: A blacklist of BDS supporters is hurting our efforts to defend Israel on campus

(JTA) — We are Jewish and pro-Israel students who are active within our Jewish communities on college campuses across North America. Many of us have helped organize against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions-affiliated movements throughout our time on campus.

Over...

OP-ED: The miracle of Israel

By ALAN SMASON

Ever since I can remember, there has always been the State of Israel. From the time I was a small child in nursery school, through elementary, middle, high school and beyond, there has always been a homeland...

OP-ED: Please, Natalie Portman, don’t abandon Israel. Engage with its peacemakers.

By SCOTT BOLTON

NEW YORK (JTA) — Dear Natalie Portman,

I was looking forward to seeing you receive your Genesis Prize in our homeland, and disappointed upon hearing the news that you would not travel to Israel to receive what some call the...

OP-ED: Israel has right to defend its borders

By SHERWIN POMERANTZ

Once again, the New York Times has come to the defense of the Palestinian population of Gaza by writing a one-sided editorial (on April 11) and conveniently omitting any facts that might disprove its basic...

OP-ED: Israel at 70: How Israelis like me relate to a country that’s an ocean away

By OFRA DANIEL    SAN FRANCISCO (J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA) — My Dear Land, It is almost your birthday.

At 70, you are not a young country anymore. Some will consider me a stepdaughter because I left...

OP-ED: The Saudis exit the conflict with Israel

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

 — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman made history after telling The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg that his country recognized the right of the Jews to “their own land.” Though he added that the Saudis also care about...

OP-ED: John Bolton is going to change US foreign policy — quickly

By ERAN ETZION 

JERUSALEM (JTA) — John Bolton, Trump’s third national security adviser, is a well-known quantity in Israel’s policy circles. In his previous capacities during the George W. Bush administration, he served in two prominent positions heavily related to...

OP-ED: Tulane freshman’s opinion column on BDS misguided

By ALAN SMASON, CCJN Editor

Last week, Tulane freshman Dylan Borne used the pages of the Tulane Hullabaloo and its online presence to advocate that Tulane University should follow the lead of the New Orleans City Council and support “Palestine.”

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OP-ED: Why I led my Orthodox Jewish classmates on the school walkout

By JACOB MILLER

CHICAGO (JTA) — I’m a sophomore at Ida Crown Jewish Academy, the largest Modern Orthodox high school in the Chicagoland area. When I heard about the #ENOUGH national school walkout, I immediately wondered how my school could...

OP-ED: Examining Poland’s place as a world leader in the cause of Holocaust remembrance

By SARA J. BLOOMFIELD

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Recent alarming events in Poland, most notably a law “protecting the reputation of the Polish nation” by criminalizing certain speech regarding the Holocaust, have led me to reflect on my own relationship with...