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Opinions

OP-ED: Holocaust education is for memory and action

By PHYLLIS GREENBERG HEIDEMAN

KRAKOW, Poland (JTA) — The International March of the Living is in its 27th year. In those years, over 220,000 young people from around the globe have come to Poland to study, reflect and remember. They...

OP-ED: Want to stop Iran’s nukes? Use less oil

By EDWIN BLACK

WASHINGTON (JTA) — With the conclusion of a framework agreement over Iran’s nuclear agreement last week, many remain profoundly unsure whether the deal will successfully prevent Tehran’s acquisition of a nuclear weapon.

Under the terms of the...

OP-ED: My son’s encounter with anti-Jewish hatred

By MICHAEL DOUGLAS

(JTA) — Last summer our family went to southern Europe on holiday. During our stay at a hotel, our son Dylan went to the swimming pool. A short time later he came running back to the room,...

Restarting the U.S.-Israel Relationship Depends on Palestinians Too

By ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN

As someone who was critical of several steps by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the campaign leading up to his reelection, particularly his decision to address Congress and his statement seeming to reject...

OP-ED: Mayim Bialik: Please don’t call UCLA anti-Semitic

By MAYIM BIALIK

The incidents at my alma mater, UCLA, in the past weeks have shaken us all. As a Bruin, to hear that members of the student government were considering not electing a perfectly competent student to a position...

OP-ED: Hillel, we are not your tools but your partners

By GABRIEL T. ERBS and AMNA FAROOQI

(JTA) — When Hillel International President Eric Fingerhut announced his decision to withdraw a commitment to speak to over 1,000 students at the upcoming J Street National Conference, he expressed only one major...

OP-ED: The trade

By RABBI ETHAN LINDEN

It seems to be biggest story of the year so far, if I only judge by the letter height on the front page story above the fold in yesterday’s newspaper.  It seems to be...

OP-ED: What billionaires owe the Jewish community

By JAY RUDERMAN

BOSTON (JTA) — In the past decade, a new class of Jewish mega-givers has emerged, reshaping the Jewish philanthropic landscape.

This has been, without a doubt, a tremendous boon for Jewish life. Super-donors are facilitating the expansion...

OP-ED: What we’d like to hear from Netanyahu on Iran

By GIDEON ARONOFF and DAN FLESHLER

NEW YORK (JTA) — Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu:

As American Jewish progressive Zionists, we are deeply worried about the threat that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose to Israel. We know you would like pro-Israel Jews...

OP-ED: Obama should send high-level rep to AIPAC conference

By SHAI FRANKLIN

NEW YORK (JTA) — The Obama administration reportedly will not be sending a senior representative to address next week’s annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Snubbing AIPAC will help lock in the caricature...