Deborah Danan
By Deborah Danan
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	Fast Forward This Jerusalem pizzeria renamed itself after Donald Trump to please American customers
“When Trump was nominated, I said, yalla, let’s do it. He’s going to be good for Israel, he has a Jewish son-in-law,” said Pizza Trump’s owner
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	Fast Forward At a Trump inauguration event in Jerusalem, fervent optimism with an undercurrent of unease
Attendees received red baseball caps adorned with U.S. and Israeli flags and the phrase, “God Bless President Trump"
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	Fast Forward In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, Hamas looms large even as tension turns to celebration
“It’s scary to think they still call the shots,” one attendee said about Hamas
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	Fast Forward For many Israelis, prospect of hostage release is tempered by concerns about freeing terrorists
In exchange for the hostages, Israel is due to again release more than 1,000 Palestinians imprisoned for terrorism who could one day commit another attack
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	News Meet the Arab Christian leading the race to represent Israel at Eurovision
Valerie Hamaty’s success has ignited debate among Arab and Jewish Israelis alike about what it would mean for her to head to Basel in May
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	News RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Israel has a decade of lessons to offer.
Since Israel’s health minister decided in 2013 to stop requiring fluoridation, pediatric dental health has worsened
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	Fast Forward An Israeli cafe chain launched by and for Oct. 7 survivors is expanding to more cities
Cafe Otef features chocolates using a recipe from a murdered chocolatier and cheeses and honey from devastated kibbutzes
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	News Viral statistics about Nova survivors’ suicides are unsubstantiated. But everyone agrees they’re in crisis.
An Israeli lawmaker said there had been dozens of suicides among survivors of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre. Shirel Golan’s is the only one known
 
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	Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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	Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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	News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
 
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	Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
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	Fast Forward What to know about ‘Not On Our Dime,’ Zohran Mamdani’s bill targeting donations to Israeli settlements
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	BINTEL BRIEF She just wants to be a good person. But she’s overwhelmed by the state of the world
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	Fast Forward Why Jeremy Corbyn’s support for Zohran Mamdani is fueling antisemitism fears
 
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