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With three long-serving lawmakers retiring, candidates are vying for six open seats. Who will voters send to Olympia?

<p>Books by Omri Boehm and Yossi Shain take diametrically opposed positions on the historical and contemporary merits of Zionism as institutionalized in the Israeli state, and signal the growth of a polarization in the American Jewish community. </p>

Supporting more assistance to ukraine. >> so you think there would be bipartisan support in the united states, in congress, for -- for helping ukraine? >> i do. i mean listen. there may be outliers on both parties that might oppose certain lethal assistance to ukraine. but i think its absolutely critical that we continue to be a security partner. but remember, were -- were just helping ukraine so that they can decide for themselves their future. russia is invading because they want to force ukra...

>> i do. i mean listen. there may be outliers on both parties that might oppose certain lethal assistance to ukraine. but i think its absolutely critical that we continue to be a security partner. but remember, were -- were just helping ukraine so that they can decide for themselves their future. russia is invading because they want to force ukraine to orient to the east. the united states supports ukraines right to decide for themselves whether they want to have an alliance with nato or eu or w...

Reaching consequences. mr stoltenberg didn�*t specify the nature of the consequences. he did say allied leaders would agree more support for ukraine, including greater protection against the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. he also said nato would approve further increases in the forces deployed on nato�*s eastern flank, with four new battlegroups sent to eastern europe to slovakia, hungary, bulgaria and romania. he said this amounted to a major long—term increase in nato�...

The Alliance for Vietnam’s Democracy held an online conference with recommendations for the Summit for Democracy.

The Alliance for Vietnam’s Democracy held an online conference with recommendations for the Summit for Democracy.

Three new books — Daniel Sokatch’s “Can We Talk About Israel?,” Omri Boehm’s “Haifa Republic” and Ethan Michaeli’s “Twelve Tribes” — explore various dimensions of the Jewish state.

Summer is over in Israel and so too the holiday season that includes Yom Kippur and Sukkot with their accompanying prayers of remembrance. Memory is integral to most Jewish holidays. The readings at Passover and the lighting of candles at Hanukkah are collective acts of remembrance. The importance of remembering has always been central to […]

A new book calls for Zionism to be re-envisioned as a binational project in order to shed Jewish historical trauma and salvage democratic values.