After Steve Bannon's Dismissal, pro-Israel Hardliners Lose an Ally in the White House
Not everyone in the U.S. Jewish establishment views Steve Bannon as an anti-Semitic enabler of the alt-right
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Haaretz Editorial
On the Dark Side of History
The president of the United States believes there’s no difference between racist, anti-Semitic, violent rabble and those who protest racism and anti-Semitism. At a press confere...
Israel
WATCH This Israeli Ad May Have Just Made History
When a manufacturer of toothbrushes for children wants to reach every home, it wants you to see people on the screen who live a credible normal life - like this family with two dads (video in Hebrew)
U.S. News
Twitter Really Hated Huffington Post's 'Goy, Bye' Bannon Headline
A headline that was meant to be an 'edgy and playful' mashup of Yiddish and Beyonce is dubbed offensive
Jewish World
Opinion Doxing White Supremacists Is Kosher According to Judaism. Here's Why
While every human life is inherently valuable, we must not give too much priority to the rights of the white nationalists and too little to those being threatened
Middle East
Analysis As Syrian Death Toll Dips, So Does World's Attention
Consciousness about those killed in the civil war and those who have fled is waning, as it did with the victims of the slaughter in Rwanda, Darfur and Somalia
Culture & Life
Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live: A Murderous Mistranslation?
Not everybody agrees that the biblical reference in Exodus is to 'witches' as we understand them.
