Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Hamas says it will release Edan Alexander and bodies of 4 dual-national hostages
There are four hostages among 35 known to be dead who held American citizenship
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Fast Forward Children in Israel and beyond are dressing as Batman for Purim to honor the slain Bibas brothers
Ariel Bibas, who was 4 when he was abducted on Oct. 7 and was killed in captivity, was a major Batman fan
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Fast Forward Trump guts Department of Education, slashing office handling antisemitism complaints
Dismantling the department has long been a Republican ambition
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Fast Forward A bagel shop backed out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. Then regret set in.
Isaac’s Bagels in Durham, North Carolina, was the epicenter of a dramatic series of events ending with reconciliation
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Fast Forward ‘Darkness will fade,’ Yuval Raphael sings in Israel’s Eurovision entry, ‘New Day Will Rise’
The song contains a line from Jewish scripture
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Fast Forward Trump administration reportedly to use AI to find Hamas-supporting foreign students to deport
The plan is called “Catch and Deport” and involves searching international students’ social media accounts
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Fast Forward Israeli officials are criticizing Oscar-winner “No Other Land.” So are Palestinian activists.
the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel announced it opposes the film on “anti-normalization” grounds
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Fast Forward ‘We’ll get them out,’ Trump tells 7 released Israeli hostages in Oval Office meeting
“We believe that you have been sent by God to release them,” Omer Shem Tov told Trump
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