JTA Staff
By JTA Staff
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Fast Forward Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigns after year marked by pro-Palestinian protests
Faculty issued a vote of no confidence in Shafik in May
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Fast Forward Hamas and Iran say Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Tehran
Iran and Hamas said Israel was responsible and vowed retaliation
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Fast Forward David Levy, a voice for Mizrahi Israelis as politician and foreign minister, dies at 86
The Moroccan-born politician never realized his dream of becoming prime minister, but remained a voice of moderation in the Likud
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Fast Forward Columbia threatens to expel students who took over building, as Northwestern students agree to dismantle anti-Israel encampment
Columbia students draped an “intifada” banner down Hamilton Hall, a university building that has been the site of student takeovers in the past
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News 11 Passover Haggadah supplements to print if you want to discuss Oct. 7 at your seder
The supplements come from Jews and Jewish institutions across the political, ideological and religious spectrum
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Fast Forward Israel reportedly strikes in Iran, days after fending off Iranian missile attack
'To respond to their possible action, we have fingers on the trigger,' an Iranian military commander said Thursday
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News Jewish tradition sees eclipses as bad omens. Many American Jews are seeking totality anyway.
Some synagogues and JCCs are hosting eclipse viewing parties, and rabbis have issued opinions on the right blessings to say (or not say)
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News 6 months into Israel’s war, American rabbis are grappling with anxiety over the battle’s aims and mounting toll
“I certainly never could have imagined six months,” one rabbi said
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