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Marianne Dhenin: Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely

New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes

November 30, 2025 · 11 Comments

Cynthia Kaufman: Jewish Safety and the Weaponization of Antisemitism

The conflation of criticisms of Israel with antisemitism makes Jews less safe.

August 3, 2025 · 6 Comments

Jewish Voice for Peace: Divest from death. Invest in life.

You can tell what a society’s priorities are by how it spends its resources.

October 22, 2024 · 17 Comments

Atalia Omer: For many American Jews protesting for Palestinians, activism is a journey rooted in their Jewish values

Activists emphasized that they were inspired to act because of their Jewish identity and values, not in spite of them.

May 22, 2024 · 11 Comments

Abby Zimet: Biden=Genocide

It is a cruel irony to drop food when at the same time the U.S. is funding the dropping of bombs.

March 9, 2024 · 2 Comments

Abe Louise Young: New Seeds for Old Stories

When I was a child, everything I heard & read about Israel was aspirational. We saved our quarters in cardboard boxes emblazoned, “Plant Trees In Israel!” People said, “Next year in Jerusalem!” to mean goodbye, to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

January 4, 2024 · 19 Comments

Penny Rosenwasser: A Jewish American Says “Not in My Name!”

On my desktop is a photo of seven Palestinian babies at Al-Shifa Hospital, lying next to each other on a bed. Lacking fuel, nurses had moved 36 babies from their … Continue reading

December 7, 2023 · 18 Comments

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