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News As protests grip Iran, fears grow for a Jewish New Yorker held prisoner there
Kamran Hekmati, a Iranian-American from Great Neck, is being held in Evin prison
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Fast Forward Iran threatens to attack Israel if Trump strikes Tehran over crackdown on protesters
Trump has said he is considering “very strong options” and could act before negotiating with Iran
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News Why protests in Iran seem surprisingly pro-Israel
Chants rallying against proxy wars — and calling for a return to the pro-Israel Pahlavi era — are echoing through Iranian cities
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News ‘It never goes away’: A former hostage describes the paradox of freedom for Israelis who returned home from Gaza
Barry Rosen, a survivor of the Iran hostage crisis, reflects on life as a free man decades after his captivity
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Culture Could dementia be the key to saving endangered Jewish languages?
Sometimes when people's short-term memories begin to falter, they recall the first languages they learned
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Opinion Actually, Trump made things between Israel and Iran way worse
He still has an opportunity to turn the ship around, but must act fast
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Opinion A new humanitarian outrage is unfolding in the Middle East. It’s not in Gaza
Why can't the world appear to pay attention to two great tragedies at once?
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Fast Forward Israel is so concerned about homegrown Iranian spies it is launching a PR campaign to dissuade them
Dozens of Israelis have been arrested in recent months on suspicion of spying for Iran
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