democracy

Ideas

The Passover seder is a model for healing democracies in peril

Fighting tyranny starts with embracing and amplifying our shared national narratives, writes a scholar at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies.

Ideas

Why Trump’s attack on democracy is as deep a Jewish concern as antisemitism or Israel

The president of the Shalom Hartman Institute says he is “horrified” by Jewish groups’ “wait and see” approach to the dismantling of the federal government.

The Sit-Down Ideas

A Jewish atheist calls out evangelicals for undermining democracy — and Christianity

Jonathan Rauch sees a “MAGA-fied” church that is not holding up its end of the bargain in defending the Constitution.

Global

Dutch senator apologizes for saying Jews went ‘like lambs’ to gas chambers

Ideas

Israeli voters deserve better than they are getting from Netanyahu and company

Ideas

How Israel’s BDS blacklist falls short of its own goals

Global

78 Years Ago, Kristallnacht Brought a Country to its Knees

Ideas

Op-Ed: No comparison between Israeli NGO bill and US law

Israel

Israeli civics teachers say revised textbook not democratic enough

Global

Iran’s Rouhani: U.S. and allies responsible for rise of extremists

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