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Mark LeVine and Mathias Mossberg: On Balfour’s 100th Anniversary, Time for a...

Catalans and Kurds are only the most recent and newsworthy examples of how states established on territories with more than one ethnonational community.

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John McFadden: Empathetically Explaining Weinstein: A Counter-Intuitive...

Prison is where Harvey Weinstein should be, because, for one thing, there is zero guarantee that he will stop preying on women.

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Emily Monforte: Photo Series, Part II: Jacob Klein

Jacob has learned that the most effective means of connecting with people who are actively resistant to or confused by some or much of the queer community is via vulnerability, empathy, compassion,...

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Ethan Gologor: Where Were You When Rabin Was Shot?

Judaism, like any organism, only lives when it can breathe some outside air.

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Lauren Bodenlos & Madeline Cook: Embracing the Stranger, Part III: A Place...

Because we pick up on others emotions naturally, the empathic instinct of our nervous system can eventually become exhausted, whether we consciously or unconsciously engage in an act of empathy

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Emily Monforte: Photo Series, Part III: Ramsal

"And when I started approaching religion from that space, God had a sex change for me."

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2017-2018 T'ruah Israel Fellows: This Week’s Torah Portion

Perhaps, in the future, Hebron will be transformed from a place focused on burial and death to a place where the silenced get their voices back and speak up to share a multiplicity of narratives.

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Lauren Bodenlos & Madeline Cook: Embracing the Stranger, Part IV: Knowing...

The call for vulnerability in community allows for people to open and eventually come as their full selves.

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Kenneth S. Stern: Written Testimony of Kenneth S. Stern

My fear is, if we similarly enshrine this definition into law, outside groups will try and suppress – rather than answer – political speech they don’t like.

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Sylvie Rosen: Why A Ramah Counselor Spoke-Out About the Occupation at Ramah...

Not once, in my combined ten years at Ramah in the Berkshires and Ramah in the Rockies, did anyone mention the Occupation. We don’t talk about it because we want to pretend it doesn’t exist every summer.

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Rabbi Michael Lerner: A modest measure to prevent cruelty and improve food...

This simple measure would upgrade California law by requiring not just more space, but cage-free conditions for farm animals.

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Rabbi Michael Lerner: How to be Effective at Your Thanksgiving Table This Year

Ever had a frustrating experience on Thanksgiving with friends or family? Here are some tips on how to navigate that at your Thanksgiving table 2017.

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Tikkun Staff: #GivingTuesday is tomorrow!

Thank you for your support! Without you, we cannot continue to spread a vision of a world based on love and justice. Tomorrow is#GivingTuesday–would you be willing to take a few minutes to help us? If...

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Noah Tenney: Healing a Disconnect that Contributed to Trump’s Rise

If we are to successfully turn the tide against Trump-ism, it’s crucial to recognize the ways in which these factors are interconnected to efficiently address them at their roots.

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Michael Nagler: Redemption

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of humanity. (Gandhi)

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Shaul Magid: Who Gets to Speak about Anti-Semitism? “Anti-Semitism and the...

The debate about BDS (Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions against Israel) became central to a controversial panel on Anti-Semitism earlier this week at The New School in NYC.

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Michael J. Koplow: What Kind of Peace Plan Is Trump Trying To Sell?

Dr. Michael J. Koplow finds little encouragement in Sunday's New York Times article on Trump's approach to peace in the Middle East.

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Nadia Colburn: What Do We Value? It’s Time To Re-Consider Our Relationship...

Nadia Colburn reminds us that it's not just Trump: we all need to "re-align our values—to remember that what matters isn’t money but people."

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Ariel Gold: On Kenneth Marcus, Anti-Semitism, and Free Speech on College...

"We take pride in thinking of ourselves as staunch champions for ethics and justice. And so, we should be appalled at the nomination of Kenneth Marcus for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the...

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Stephanie Van Hook: I wonder if Mary––

In this poem, Stephanie Van Hook reimagines the story of the Nativity in light of the #metoo movement: "True story, Mary. When I was a child / Your statues were seen weeping blood / At my church. I...

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