Israel has recognized Somaliland. Will the US follow? The Iran war has sharpened arguments for and against the same American approach to the disputed, strategically vital Horn of Africa region.

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Wright again Antisemitism and the Iran war

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Ron Kampeas, specifically, is tired:

"You march them into preschool and you notice how tiny they are, how serious they look, their faces alive with anticipation — School! This is school! — and you know there are two diapers – diapers! – tucked into their Blue’s Clues backpacks."

I am so fucking tired Once again, now in Michigan

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Khamenei long obstructed peace for Israel. But his influence was waning before his assassination. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Iran's supreme leader's anti-Israel tweets reflected an ideology that preceded him — and could outlast him.

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JD Vance and Tim Walz: who wore the Holocaust worse? Universalizing the Holocaust is bad. Erasing it is worse.

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Will New York's 12th district elect a full-throated Israel supporter? Jewish Democrats are watching the race as a bellwether of where the party is headed after Mamdani's victory.

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US lawmakers navigate a fraught dispute between Ireland and Israel A proposal to rename Chaim Herzog Park in Rathgar, Ireland, has become the nexus of a long-standing spat between Ireland and Israel.

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Top ADL civil rights litigator quits, accusing group of being 'useful idiot' for Trump - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Joe Berman resigned in March and is making his resignation letter public for the first time now.

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In DC this weekend? The Sunday, 12/7, post-performance panel discussion will feature our ED, R' @mhughesrob.bsky.social, together with R' David Saperstein, and moderated by the legendary @kampeas.bsky.social!
Matinee starts at 3pm.
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Mark Mellman, pollster who championed Democrats and Israel, dies at 70 - Jewish Telegraphic Agency He founded Democratic Majority for Israel to counter a drift away from Israel among younger people in the party.

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‘No person without his hour’ Jewish summer camps create paths for children with challenges to thrive and transition into productive young adults with job skills and a social network.

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Trump and Brazil’s leftist leader pledge to put in place closer economic ties How Brazil and the U.S. went from the brink of economic warfare to a budding bromance is a tale as ancient as European settlement in the Americas.

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Netanyahu once decried ‘daylight’ with Washington. Now he’s tolerating Trump’s glare. - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Israel has faced more direct criticism and more direct intervention from Trump than from his predecessor.

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Why the ADL rolled over after Kash Patel likened it to terrorists The civil rights group no longer wants it known that it 'protects civil rights'

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ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.

A comprehensive, balanced @kampeas.bsky.social profile of an organization that, under attack by a Christian nationalist administration, has scrapped its 110-year mission and shrunk its goal to defending Israel . . . which AIPAC already has covered. In the Trump era, what's the point of the ADL?

ADL removes ‘Protect Civil Rights’ from website as it narrows its mission amid right-wing attacks - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The removal took place after FBI Director Kash Patel said he would cut ties with the ADL, though it is unclear if that has happened.

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US Jews who revile Trump’s domestic policies say he must be praised for Gaza deal - Jewish Telegraphic Agency But that doesn't mean they have to like him, they said.

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I have in participating in/ observing encounters between enemies and then I’ve seen it fade away

I wear your hatred like a cloud I'll turn and face you either way

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It’s blindness but it can also be a means of survival. You’re right in that it’s a result of a conversation, or the absence of one.

Gaza war takes center stage in Michigan Senate Democratic primary It’s a Goldilocks field of sorts, with one candidate a stalwart backer of Israel, another deeply hostile, and the third seemingly in the middle.

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Did you check the boys? A sonnet The lies I told my mother

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Their memories are not a blessing Names on a wall

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Bay Bridge Snapping photos while driving is reckless, so ...

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“The revelation this weekend of an American Jewish nonprofit’s involvement in promoting an Israeli politician in the throes of an election campaign comes after years of attacks by Netanyahu on liberal leaning foreign nonprofits promoting civil society in Israel.”

Tikvah, a US Jewish educational nonprofit, helped Benjamin Netanyahu publish his autobiography two weeks before he won reelection Tikvah said Netanyahu’s ‘My Story’ would ‘advance understanding about the practice of statesmanship’

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