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By Forward Staff
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Life A comprehensive guide to the best Hanukkah songs of all time, from ‘I have a little dreidel’ to the latest Wicked parodies
Hanukkah songs from Adam Sandler, Daveed Diggs, and more
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Politics NC and Delaware elect Jewish governors, LA shul turns polling place, Jerusalem watch party
Plus: Paul Rudd pops up at polls in Philly, Tree of Life tribute, and more
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Politics Trump blames Harris for immigrant’s shooting of Chicago Jew, and all the Jewish angles on the eve of Election Day
The Jewish vote has been complicated by the Israel-Hamas war and generational shifts
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Fast Forward Israel hits Iranian targets in retaliation for missile barrage
Israel is apparently heeding Biden administration pleas to avoid oil fields or Iran’s nuclear program because of fears of escalation into an all-out war
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Politics Ta-Nehisi Coates says Harris funding Gaza war as first Black female president would be ‘nightmare’
‘It does not mean that you don’t vote for Kamala’ he tells Peter Beinart
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Politics Springfield, Ohio, rabbi uses racist stereotypes to describe Haitian migrants
Other members of Springfield's community declined to speak to the press
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Politics Watch: How Israeli-American hostage family Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin brought the DNC to tears
Their son Hersh was taken hostage on Oct. 7
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Fast Forward Number of Israeli hostages who have died in captivity rises to 20
The number of hostages rescued by the IDF since Oct. 7 stands at seven
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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News Remembering Abe Foxman, the longtime ADL leader known as the ‘Jewish pope,’ who always answered my calls
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Fast Forward Michael Jackson biopic revives legend of Jewish music mogul who battled MTV’s ‘color barrier’
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Fast Forward DOGE’s cuts to Jewish humanities grants were unconstitutional, judge rules
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Fast Forward As anti-LGBTQ laws spread, these two Jewish nonprofits are funding moves to safer states