Deborah Danan
By Deborah Danan
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Fast Forward US soldiers stationed in Kiryat Gat turn sleepy Israeli city into an unexpected hotspot
The soldiers are part of an international monitoring force deployed to oversee the Gaza ceasefire
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Fast Forward Simchat Torah in Hostages Square lays bare divide over just how much to celebrate yet
Nineteen deceased hostages remain in Gaza, but 20 were released alive on the eve of the holiday
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Fast Forward His son is due to be released from Gaza imminently. Ilan Dalal is grateful — and not just to Trump.
Dalal and Tal Shoham, who was released from captivity in February 2025, spoke ahead of the hostage release
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square is transformed by cautious optimism — and gratitude for Trump
'For the first time, I feel I can breathe,' said one Israeli celebrating news of a ceasefire deal
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Fast Forward In Israel, a struggle to reconcile grief and joy as Sukkot and Oct. 7 coincide
30,000 people attended a public memorial in Tel Aviv
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Fast Forward 2 years after Oct. 7 shattered them, Israel’s border kibbutzim are drawing new dreamers
But some of the communities battered by the massacre remain largely empty
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Fast Forward Rabbi Jonathan Sacks died 5 years ago. His new Torah commentary is making waves in Israel.
Sacks, the chief rabbi of Great Britain, is the author of a posthumous volume that is challenging Israel’s top-selling Koren Tanakh
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Fast Forward Sidelined at Pride celebrations, pro-Israel LGBTQ Jews find breathing room in Tel Aviv
Anti-Israel sentiment in queer communities can feel like 'being forced back into the closet,' said the leader of a recent delegation from the United States
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