Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Books Author John Irving’s new novel, ‘Queen Esther,’ deals with Israel and antisemitism
The novel concludes in Jerusalem in 1981, the year Irving first visited Israel
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Fast Forward American Jewish leaders grieve as Hamas terrorists convicted of murdering their friends go free
'It is devastating and heartbreaking that this man gets his life back while Matt and Sara never will'
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Fast Forward Australian man arrested after allegedly throwing bacon during antisemitic hate crime
The local mayor said the incident stoked fear in local Jews already reeling from a December synagogue arson
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Fast Forward US Jewish groups respond to Trump’s Gaza comments
Mainstream Jewish groups did not immediately respond to Trump, but partisan ones did
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Fast Forward To Israel’s far right, Trump’s proposals for Gaza keep sounding ‘better and better’
The call to relocate Gaza Palestinians matches proposals laid out by Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, two far-right ministers
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Fast Forward Contradicting Trump, Saudi Arabia says no change in its demand for Palestinian state
Trump announced in a press conference on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia was not requiring a state as a condition for peace with Israel
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Fast Forward Netanyahu heads to Washington for what Trump says are ‘very big meetings’
The future of the Gaza war ceasefire — and possibly Netanyahu’s coalition — potentially hangs in the balance
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Fast Forward Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon set to be released Saturday from Gaza
Bibas is the father of Kfir and Ariel, two young children abducted during the Oct. 7 attack
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