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Andy Blumenthal

Jul 25, 2018, 3:44 PM

This is a fix for the editorial headline

This is a fix for the editorial underline

Andy Blumenthal

Jul 7, 2018, 10:43 AM

Dialogue with a “Former Israel Supporter”

Here is an email dialogue that I had recently with someone who criticized my writings in Times of Israel and identified themselves as a "Former Israel Supporter." Him: "I ran into your rambling in TOI. Just what we need -...

Nina B. Mogilnik

Jul 6, 2018, 12:22 AM

Fascists and Firefighters

There are few things in today's America that are surprising, I suppose. Americans' ignorance of history is legendary, so the unwillingness or inability of many to see what is being created (and what is being destroyed) before their eyes,...

Jun 29, 2018, 5:58 PM

The number on my arm

The ACLU legal aid's phone number, written on Shira Pruce's forearm with a red sharpie, June 28, 2018. (Courtesy, Shira Pruce).

I know what my children and grandchildren will say about me when they speak of these dark times

Jun 29, 2018, 6:33 AM

Roseanne Barr taught me to love all people

Actress/executive producer Roseanne Barr attends The Roseanne Series Premiere at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, March 23, 2018 . (AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACON)

The actress is a moral giant of human rights who's being thrown under the bus; I, for one, stand by her

Jun 27, 2018, 3:01 PM

Sodom outlawed immigrants too

Protesters at a Jewish rally at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in New York City demonstrate against the government’s border separation policy, June 21, 2018. (Ben Sales/JTA)

The US should look out -- a country that closes its doors to those seeking refuge inevitably destroys itself

Bracha Goldstein

Jun 26, 2018, 10:09 PM

Stringency Wars

“Let them be stringent,” they said. “Let them have their chumras..it doesn’t matter to us.” I heard the way this new world of Modern Orthodoxy viewed my old world. It was so foreign to me. It felt like we were...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 26, 2018, 8:36 AM

Making America Racist Again

Trump's Make America Great Again election slogan was shaped and chosen because it did well with his crowds. It sounds kind of conservative and romantic. It was adopted despite that it has four words and eight syllables and is...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 25, 2018, 12:16 AM

Stop the anti-Semitic attack likely instigated by the US Administration on Trump darling Stephen Miller

There is a massive assault on Stephen Miller in progress: here, here, here, here, for example - the list is almost endless. He's blamed as the architect and driving force (and a really nasty person) behind Trump's outrageous heartless racist...

Philip Lefkowitz

Jun 25, 2018, 12:14 AM

Is The ACLU Reconsidering Its Role?

The disclosure of an internal memo at The American Civil Liberties Union has questioned whether the ACLU, long the standard bearer for the protection of free speech at all costs, the First Amendment, is considering modifying their position. "Our defense...

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