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This election year, the United States is facing its greatest existential threat since the Civil War. Will it be 'the last best hope of earth,' as Lincoln famously stated, or will a new Trump presidency turn America into just another semi-authoritarian state?

Can someone train to become a rabbi in America if they don't believe in Israel's right to exist? What about graduating in a keffiyeh? Some community leaders categorically say no, but others are wary of it leading to a slippery slope of litmus tests

Donald Trump is repeatedly telling Republicans on the campaign trail that he will build a U.S. Iron Dome if elected – even though the system would likely only be effective if America is attacked by Canada or Mexico

"I'm an American, and these people hate America," said Lax. "I want to protect my country and stand up for my country."

'If we don't defend ourselves, nobody will. And if we must stand alone, we'll stand alone,' the prime minister said this week. The arrogance of these remarks, as if Israel could 'stand alone,' is comparable only to his inherent ungratefulness to America

As a Jewish Israeli living in America, I feel like my life is getting more and more dangerous. My husband and I have even become wary of speaking Hebrew on the street

If young Americans sit out the 2024 election in the name of righteousness over Gaza, and enable America to descend into Donald Trump’s unconcealed fascism, that says more about the grim political state of affairs in the United States than it does about President Joe Biden’s pro-Israel inclinations