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The totally, utterly sane 2022 midterm elections

And how are the Jews faring in this midterm season of our discontent? Mostly, they are discontented...

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LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 27: Republican Senate candidate from Nevada Adam Laxalt takes the stage at a campaign event at Stoneys Rockin Country on April 27, 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Laxalt, a former Nevada Attorney General, is hoping to unseat incumbent Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). (Photo by Ronda Churchill/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - FEBRUARY 11: Kanye West performs during Kanye West Yeezy Season 3 on February 11, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Yeezy Season 3)

The difference between Kanye and Jeremy Corbyn

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Meet the Jews of darkest Peru

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Ye gods! Give Kanye West a break

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Barbra Streisand issues her edict on antisemitism

Funny Girl star settles the age-old debate debate over when anti-Zionism is the polite face of good old-fashioned Jew-hate

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October 6, 2022 13:59

Barbra Streisand issues her edict on antisemitism

Lapid came to America — and nobody noticed

An Israeli PM visiting is usually big news but Lapid slipped in and out of New York barely noticed by most in the US

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September 29, 2022 11:23

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid gives a speech during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters on September 22, 2022 in New York City. After two years of holding the session virtually or in a hybrid format, 157 heads of state and representatives of government are expected to attend the General Assembly in person. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

Beware the third Palestinian frittata: When American politicians misspeak

Given Dr Jill Biden's record of ethnicity gaffes, stand by for more howlers at the White House's Rosh Hashanah reception

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September 22, 2022 10:30

Beware the third Palestinian frittata: When American politicians misspeak

Brooklyn's Chasidic schools fail the NY Times test

When Jews break the law so blatantly, it reflects badly on all of us

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September 14, 2022 16:07

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 12: A yeshiva school bus drives through Borough Park on September 12, 2022 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Following recent reports and test results showing yeshiva students not receiving an adequate education, New Yorkâ€™s Board of Regents will vote this week on a proposal that would allow the state to reject a yeshivaâ€™s secular curriculum. The Hasidic Jewish community has pushed back on reforms in yeshiva schools, which number over 300 in New York City. Critics of the schools have long said that graduating students are not receiving an education that prepares them for a modern job market. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

It's bad news for the Jews as rival parties hurl the f-word

The recent citing of Nazi parallels by the likes of Joe Biden is proof that large numbers of Americans have lost touch with reality

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September 13, 2022 09:29

2JTYGNE Philadelphia, United States. 01st Sep, 2022. U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the Nation during a primetime speech on extremism in front of the historic Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA, USA on September 1, 2022. Credit: OOgImages/Alamy Live News

Why Oregon is stumbling over Swastika Mountain

The northwestern state has a dilemma renaming a peak named long before the symbol gained its dark notoriety

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September 1, 2022 13:27

Aerial shot of agricultural land with Mount Hood seen in distance with its snowcapped peak in Oregon, USA.

The first attack on Biden’s Iran deal will come from the US Congress

There are midterm elections in November and the Republicans look set to win in a landslide - an Iran deal would be another albatross around the Democrats’ necks

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August 26, 2022 14:00

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 07: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken speaks during a discussion at the Media Summit of the Americas at the ASU California Center on June 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The event coincides with the Ninth Summit of the Americas as leaders from North, Central and South America travel to Los Angeles for the summit to discuss issues such as trade and migration. The United States is hosting the summit for the first time since 1994, when it took place in Miami. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

Jews were an important part of the South's history

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August 19, 2022 10:59

Being Jewish in the Deep South means 'polite unpleasantness'

If AIPAC is really trying to buy the Democrat Primaries, it should ask for a refund

Last week’s polls in three districts of Michigan were real democracy as currently practised in America: mudslinging, accusations of 'dark money' interference and even insinuations about the Jews buying elections

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August 11, 2022 15:30