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Yoni Goldstein: Canadian Jews are trapped in an October 7 mindset

The Jewish people need to take charge of their own destiny rather than play the games of their enemies

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The most consequential Jewish conversation of the moment is not taking place amid screaming protesters outside synagogues and other Jewish institutions. It is not concerned with a blood libel printed in the pages of the New York Times or blatant lies on social media. It is not obsessed about whether one can be an anti-Zionist without being an antisemite. In fact, it has little, if anything, to do with Israel at all.

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Rather, New Yorker Adina Sash, who goes by the name “FlatbushGirl” on her popular Instagram feed, has sparked a renewed debate about the Jewish concept of “agunah,” whereby a Jewish woman remains “chained” to a marriage so long as her husband refuses to issue the Jewish divorce document known as a “get.”

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According to Jewish law, divorced women may not remarry without a get document in hand. Many Orthodox and traditional Jewish........

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