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Why the Entebbe rescue almost didn’t happen — and how Israel is still wrestling with the same tough questions 48 years later

Before the raid in Uganda, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Defense Minister Shimon Peres argued over whether to negotiate with terrorists.

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Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state

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Israel’s chief rabbis leave their posts as term ends with no election set

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Challenger backed by Republican Jewish Coalition defeats Bob Good, leader of far-right faction

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Netanyahu pushes back against reports of army pressure to end the war, accusing officials of ‘defeatism’

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Obituaries

Rabbi Burt Jacobson, social activist and founder of Bay Area Renewal synagogue, dies at 87

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When the political stakes are high, Judaism doesn’t place all the responsibility on a single charismatic leader

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How to disagree as Jews in a time of deep schisms

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The battle over Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is over the future of church-state separation

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Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism and 2-state solution

By Jackie Hajdenberg July 2, 2024 4:40 pm

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Far-right German politician fined again for using a banned Nazi phrase

By Andrew Lapin July 2, 2024 3:33 pm

Pro-Palestinian activists outside Columbia University, February 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)

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New Columbia administrator texts show deans discussing Jewish student ‘privilege’ and ‘$$$$,’ and bashing Hillel leader as a ‘problem’

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176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries

By Andrew Lapin July 2, 2024 12:02 pm

Obituaries

Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for religious pluralism in Israel

By Rob Charry July 2, 2024 11:47 am

Israel

New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say

By Asaf Elia-Shalev July 1, 2024 10:03 pm

Politics

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By Ron Kampeas July 1, 2024 6:26 pm

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Why the Entebbe rescue almost didn’t happen — and how Israel is still wrestling with the same tough questions 48 years later

Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state

ISRAEL

Israel’s chief rabbis leave their posts as term ends with no election set

Israel and Hamas mulling latest hostage deal as unrest roils region

Orthodox basketball star Ryan Turell to join Israel’s top league

Challenger backed by Republican Jewish Coalition defeats Bob Good, leader of far-right faction

Netanyahu pushes back against reports of army pressure to end the war, accusing officials of ‘defeatism’

Rabbi Burt Jacobson, social activist and founder of Bay Area Renewal synagogue, dies at 87

IDEAS

When the political stakes are high, Judaism doesn’t place all the responsibility on a single charismatic leader

How to disagree as Jews in a time of deep schisms

The battle over Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is over the future of church-state separation

Following internal drama over Israel, Reconstructionist Judaism affirms support for progressive Zionism and 2-state solution

Far-right German politician fined again for using a banned Nazi phrase

New Columbia administrator texts show deans discussing Jewish student ‘privilege’ and ‘$$$$,’ and bashing Hillel leader as a ‘problem’

176 Jewish gravestones vandalized at 2 Cincinnati cemeteries

Remembering Rabbi Andrew Sacks, 70, a ‘rabble-rouser’ who fought for religious pluralism in Israel

New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say

Next up, Cori Bush: After Jamaal Bowman defeat, pro-Israel donors pivot to Missouri

From the Archives

Wyden Election Win in Oregon Means Return of Senate Minyan

Oswiecim Commander Boasts at Nuremberg Trial of Efficiency in Exterminating 3,000,000

Rabbis Say New Year’s Eve Parties Are a No No

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