Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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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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Fast Forward These are the 59 Israeli hostages still being held in Gaza
At least 35 are dead. But signs of life for many others have been received in recent weeks
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Fast Forward US is holding unprecedented direct talks with Hamas over ending Gaza war
Previously, the United States has negotiated only through intermediaries with Hamas, which it considers a terrorist group
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Fast Forward Jewish editor in Florida says he was fired after running cartoon about Gaza
The cartoon showed an Israeli hostage returning home — over a pile of Palestinian bodies
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Fast Forward Former antisemitism envoy Deborah Lipstadt says she turned down Columbia job
“I will not be used to provide cover for a completely unacceptable situation,” Lipstadt wrote in The Free Press
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Fast Forward YU Maccabees head to NCAA DIII men’s basketball tournament for first time since 2022
Yeshiva University clinched the conference title to earn an automatic spot in the NCAA DIII tournament
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Fast Forward Adrien Brody wins best actor Oscar for ‘The Brutalist,’ his second for playing a Holocaust survivor
Brody called out antisemitism in his acceptance speech
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Fast Forward Michelle Trachtenberg’s Jewish family reportedly declines autopsy for religious reasons
Traditional Jewish law prohibits the desecration of the dead in almost all circumstances
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