opinion Archives

10 Jul

Opinion, Summer 2024

Opinion | A ‘Mixed’ Marriage, a Lifelong Journey

Posted by

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

July 15, 2024

25

Bert and I met on June 9, 1963, fell madly in love, talked incessantly, got engaged in October and married two months later, astonished by our commonalities and delighted by our differences.

An illustrative image of three yellow anti-zionist protest signs held in front of a blue background.

08 Jul

Opinion, Summer 2024

Opinion | Jewish Anti-Zionists, Check Your Privilege

Posted by

Gershom Gorenberg

July 12, 2024

9

It's easy to say a Jewish state is not needed from the safety of the United States.

an illustrative image of Donald Trump in front of the U.S. constitution

08 Jul

Opinion, Summer 2024

Opinion | A Deportation Policy With Chilling Echoes

Posted by

Marc Fisher

July 12, 2024

6

Stephen Miller, Trump’s speechwriter and the architect of the deportation proposal, promised the biggest forced movement of people in American history.

A group of young evangelicals demonstrate against abortion rights in front of the Lincoln Memorial, holding signs.

07 Jul

Opinion, Summer 2024

Opinion | Is the Christian Right Coming for Birth Control?

Posted by

Sarah Posner

October 11, 2024

0

"Trump’s base wants Trump because he’s their messianic hero, but also because he enables a small bloc of religious zealots to use the government to impose their biblical worldview on everyone else."

11 Apr

Cover Story, Featured, Opinion, Spring 2024

Opinion | At Israeli Seders, Pick Your Pharaoh

Posted by

Fania Oz-Salzberger

April 29, 2024

1

This Passover, before or after reading the Haggadah, many Israeli Jews are likely to mention a casual but common Hebrew phrase: “We got past Pharaoh, we will get past this too.”

11 Apr

Interview, Opinion, Spring 2024

Opinion Interview with Daniel Klaidman | Are Threats Eroding Our Politics?

Posted by

Amy E. Schwartz

April 11, 2024

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Daniel Klaidman, coauthor of “Find me the Votes”, discusses the violent threats received by Georgia officials following the 2020 election.

05 Apr

Debate, Opinion, Spring 2024

Moment Debate | Should UNRWA be shut down?

Posted by

Moment

July 22, 2024

0

We have a tremendous humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and only UNRWA has the capacity and the wherewithal to implement an effective response, not just today but probably for a year or more.

04 Apr

Opinion, Spring 2024

Opinion | Carrying Navalny’s Torch

Posted by

Carl Gershman

April 4, 2024

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With the death of Alexei Navalny, Vladimir Kara-Murza—the crusading and imprisoned Russian journalist—is now the public face of dissent and most prominent democratic opponent of Vladimir Putin’s dictatorship.

04 Apr

Opinion, Spring 2024

Opinion | Israel’s Elusive ‘Day After’

Posted by

Shmuel Rosner

April 4, 2024

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What will happen on the “day after” the war in Gaza ends is one of the things (there are a few) over which the U.S. administration and the Israeli government are having a dispute.