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Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic, center, speaks with Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic, right, in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, in 1994. (AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic)

Menachem Rosensaft

Ratko Mladic is dead. The meaning of genocide must live on

When the general ordered the slaughter of Bosniaks at Srebernica, he aimed to destroy a people. That’s why it was genocide — and why Israel’s Gaza war was not

The 'Coat of Many Colors' on display at Dolly Parton's Chasing Rainbows museum at Dollywood. The coat on display is a reproduction, made by Parton's mother, Avie Lee, of the original. (Wikipedia)

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Dolly’s riches and my new-baby haze are improving Israel’s election season

When I can give all of my attention to Israeli politicking, I’m at risk of missing the important stuff, buried amid the barrages of ugly accusations.

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The conflict has changed. We’re still asking yesterday’s questions

Instead of asking where the border should run, shouldn’t we ask how two peoples can govern a space they already share?

An 80-year-old blonde baby doll belonging to a Holocaust survivor on display during the opening of an exhibition of 16 objects lent from Yad Vashem on display at the Paul-Loebe-Haus parliamentary building in Berlin, January 24, 2023. (Julien GATHELIER / AFP)

Katie Cunningham

Does it matter if kids learn about dead Jews?

Dara Horn is right that Holocaust education hasn’t reduced antisemitism. My research shows that it can

Illustrative: A soldier cast his vote for in the general elections for the 20th parliament, at the Navy military base in Haifa on March 15, 2015. (Flash90)

Elkana Bar Eitan

October 7 changed my mind about Israelis voting from abroad

Eligibility to cast an absentee ballot should depend on meaningful ties to Israel, not the ability to afford an Election Day plane ticket

Illustrative: Hoboken Police officers stand watch outside the United Synagogue of Hoboken, Nov. 3, 2022, in Hoboken, N.J. (AP Photo/Ryan Kryska, File)

The doors I wish we could keep open

This holiday season, US synagogues want to welcome new people, even as we’re cautious about who we let in. We’ve gotten used to the dance, but isn’t that part of the problem?

Young Jewish adults participate in the Tel Aviv Urban Experience track of Birthright in an undated photo (Courtesy)

Barry Shrage

Birthright is no longer just a gift. It’s a necessity

In a post-October 7 world that is pulling young Jews away from Israel and Judaism, research shows that firsthand experience gives them a story worth carrying forward

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