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      <title>‘The Forward’ takes education backward</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[By every relevant statistic, Chassidic education is markedly superior to anything offered in New York City public schools.]]></description>
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      <title>Trump’s first six months: Moral clarity and action for the Jewish people</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Federal moves on campus antisemitism, relations with Israel and the threat of a nuclear Iran showcase the differences from the Biden administration.]]></description>
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      <title>Democrats have abandoned the fight against campus antisemitism</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Listening to members of the party, which claims to stand for “inclusion,” downplaying Jew-hatred because it doesn’t fit their desired narrative or identity politics was offensive.]]></description>
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      <title>Nothing humanitarian about aid to Gaza</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The billions of dollars that flowed into Gaza over the past two decades enabled the governing genocidal junta to solidify its control.]]></description>
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      <title>The DNC’s platform problem</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It could be that corporations are the only ones who can step on the brakes, preventing the party from lurching further into anti-Israel and antisemitic territory.]]></description>
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      <title>Wikipedia hates Israel and Jews</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The online encyclopedia is big tech's antisemitic propaganda arm.]]></description>
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      <title>The anti-Semitic uneducated Jew</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The difference between the Orthodox community and the secularist (and increasingly anti-Zionist) Jewish left can be summed up in one word: education—meaning, the Jewish sort.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 15:43:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump, anti-Semitic? This is madness</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The problem is the president’s deeds are not permitted to speak for themselves, and his statements are misconstrued for partisan purposes.]]></description>
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