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50 Completely True Things About Israel and Palestine
In the wake of Citizen stories about the encampments at Penn, several readers forwarded a Palestinian-American’s Medium post about simple truths we would all be wise to remember
By Mo HusseiniEveryone Has Much to Learn about Israel and Gaza
During Passover week a longtime university president reflects on antisemitism and threats to free speech on campus
By Elaine MaimonHow to Persuade Gen Z Voters
A Swarthmore political scientist compares the election to an issue top of mind for our youngest voters in and beyond Philly: climate change
By Gordon ArlenJewish Stereotyping Comes to … Hymie’s?
While some talk of boycotting the Main Line Jewish deli that is the setting of a new Trump ad, the real question ought to be: Does the commercial perpetuate cringeworthy Jewish caricature?
By Larry PlattMr. Bashaw Goes to Washington?
In this week’s New Jersey U.S. Senate race debate, did the Republican candidate — pro-choice, pro growth, gay hotelier Curtis Bashaw — offer a glimpse of what a return to reasonableness might look like, post-Trumpism?
By Larry PlattCommemorating October 7 in Philadelphia
Join Philly organizations using prayer, art and light to memorialize the lives lost, harmed and disappeared on the first anniversary of an infamous day in Israel
By Lauren McCutcheonWanted — A New Way to Moderate a Presidential Debate
A former Philadelphia mayor once again beseeches next week’s moderators — ABC’s David Muir and Linsey Davis — to ask questions that test basic knowledge … and fact-check!
By Michael A. NutterPublic Speaking Can Win (or Lose) the Presidency
The ability to deliver a message effectively could determine our next POTUS — and is a skill, a long-time university president argues, that all students should learn
By Elaine Maimon