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Issues
LISTEN: Robert Siegel Interviews Susan Neiman
Robert Siegel spoke with Susan Neiman, author of Learning from the Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil. Read the interview in our September/October 2019 issue here....
What America Can Learn From Germany
Monuments, holidays and patriotic anthems typically celebrate love of country and pride in national history, but since the end of World War II, Berlin has been an exception....
Opinion | Grumpy Jewish Grandpa 2020
Senator Bernie Sanders gets a lot of grief for being loud. “You don’t have to yell,” Representative Tim Ryan told the senator during CNN’s second Democratic primary debate....
Opinion | A Feminist Bounty—and Quandary
When Hillary Clinton ran for president, her being a woman was icing on the cake. I love icing, so I jumped into her campaign without hesitation. In 2008, I liked Barack Obama, but I felt Clinton had...
Opinion | How Israel Is Failing Its Ethiopian Citizens
This July, thousands of Ethiopian Jews participated in sit-ins, blocking main roads all over Israel with burning tires. More than 100 police officers were injured and more than 136 demonstrators arrested....
Opinion | The Surprising MbS-Netanyahu Connection
Israel has hoped throughout its history to be accepted by its neighbors, no matter how remote the prospect has seemed at times. David Ben-Gurion famously despaired of ever achieving a rapprochement with the Arabs....
From the Editor | Reflections on Language—and Thought
16:57 26 August
in 2019 September/October
The astonishing human capacity for thoughtlessness manifests itself in many ways. One is the ease with which we toss out ugly dismissive words such as “moron,” “witch” and “idiot” to describe people we disagree with...
Debate | Should American Jews ever criticize Israel? | Absolutely
"Not only do they have a right to critique Israel’s policies, they have a responsibility to do so"....
Debate | Should American Jews Ever Criticize Israel? | Cautiously
We should act with the knowledge that our criticism could be misused and misconstrued...