J Street Journal

By Ben Sales October 28, 2009

Reflections and commentary from the first conference of the new Israel lobby

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The Unexceptional Jew

By Adam Esrig October 9, 2009

Naomi Klein on Putting Jews in Context

The award winning journalist talks with us recent developments in Israel, what it means to be a Jewish intellectual, and how the lessons of the Holocaust influence her thought.

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The Diaspora Issue

By Ben Sales September 23, 2009

Editor’s note

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Jews Without Money

By Josh Nathan-Kazis May 18, 2009

A thought experiment. Imagine that it turns out that Glenn Beck is right, and that President Obama is a closet socialist. Further, imagine that upon reelection in 2012, Obama announces a series of reforms – call it a Four Year Plan – to narrow the gap between rich and poor, and that the keystone of the plan is a marginal tax rate of 99% on income over $100,000. A few machers and their lawyers would figure out how to game the system, but the broader communal affluence that sets us apart from nearly every other American ethnic group would disappear. Given such a scenario, what would it mean to be an American Jew in 2030?

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Birthright Israel, Meet Birthright Armenia

By Jeremy Gillick May 1, 2009

As copycat Birthright programs proliferate, what are the limits of the melting pot?

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February 2009

By Josh Nathan-Kazis February 13, 2009

An introduction to our February issue.

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Responses to December 2008

By Melanie Weiss February 13, 2009

Responses to our December Issue

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Perverse Parallels

By Jordan Reimer February 12, 2009

Re-reading Bush's interpretation of the festival of lights.

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Why Be Jewish?

By Asher Berman February 12, 2009

A Jew-by-choice asks the big question.

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Defending Israeli Democracy

By Josh Nathan-Kazis February 12, 2009

A Call to Action

While the American Jewish Left was busy losing the debate over Gaza, Israeli parliamentarians tried to kick the major Arab parties out of the Knesset. American Jews must focus on supporting the democratic rights of all Israelis, before it's too late.

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Why I Don’t Mind Hillel

By Elle Mikulincer-Weiss February 12, 2009

An historical reconciliation.

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A Jewish Non-Zionist in the Knesset

By Josh Nathan-Kazis February 12, 2009

A conversation with Hadash MK Dov Khenin.

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Responses to the Lubavitch Issue

By Josh Nathan-Kazis December 1, 2008

Letters from our readers.

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The December Issue

By Josh Nathan-Kazis December 1, 2008

An introductory note. 

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Birthright’s Hidden Cost

By Josh Nathan-Kazis November 25, 2008

How Your Free Trip Helps Netanyahu Become PM

Birthright has implicated a generation of young Jews in billionaire Sheldon Adelson's damaging political adventures.

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