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By Benyamin Cohen
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Fast Forward Hopes rise for deal to free all hostages in exchange for 2-month cease-fire
President Biden is sending his CIA director to the Middle East Sunday to help seal the deal between Israel and Hamas
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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary
The decision could catapult Israel into a constitutional and political crisis during a time of war
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Fast Forward Young voters prefer Palestinians — and Trump, new poll shows
48% of those ages 18 to 29 think Israel is intentionally killing civilians, and 55% oppose further US aid to the Jewish state
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News ‘Really different from Tel Aviv’: Meet the Israeli last-minute addition to West Virginia University’s basketball team
As war rages back home, Ofri Naveh is trying to make an impact — both on and off the court
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Culture 100 years ago, Albert Einstein fled Berlin due to antisemitism
The Nobel Prize winner left the city after a rumored assassination attempt
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News ‘A heartbroken community’: Detroit congregation grapples with murder of synagogue president
At Shabbat services two weeks after Samantha Woll's death, her standard seat sat empty
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News Postcard from Pittsburgh: 5th anniversary of Tree of Life falls amid broader grief
The kosher butcher’s front doors are covered with photos of Israeli hostages instead of deals on brisket and whitefish
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Forwarding the News ‘I went through a hell we’d never imagined’: Released Israeli hostage speaks
Talks to release 50 hostages hits snag, Israeli kids enroll in U.S. Jewish day schools, debate over war roils college campuses, and Detroit police don't suspect antisemitism in murder of shul president.
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