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An attack on Israeli soccer fans last year was dubbed a ‘pogrom.’ Could it happen again?
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were barred from attending an upcoming soccer game over safety concerns
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‘It never goes away’: A former hostage describes the paradox of freedom for Israelis who returned home from Gaza
Barry Rosen, a survivor of the Iran hostage crisis, reflects on life as a free man decades after his captivity
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Antisemitism Decoded Project Esther created a blueprint for Trump to fight antisemitism. The ‘Shofar Report’ is a liberal response.
The report argues that strengthening democratic institutions — and countering the 'weaponization' of antisemitism — is the best way to protect Jews
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How new laws are shaping what schools teach about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
A new ‘antisemitism prevention’ law in California requires curricula to be ‘factually accurate’ and free of bias
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Trump heralds ‘the historic dawn of a new Middle East’ in speech to Israeli parliament after hostages returned
Trump became the fourth US president to address the Israeli Parliament
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Why Trump may succeed with a Gaza peace plan where Biden failed
The Trump administration’s ceasefire deal could meet Jewish longings for Israel’s security and regional peace
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Special Report This school is fighting antisemitism all wrong. Why is it working?
Elon University has won plaudits for creating a safe campus for Jewish students even as it avoids the limitations on speech pursued by other universities under fire for antisemitism
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Before Oct. 7, a rabbi and imam at Syracuse were building bridges. After the attacks, more students joined them.
Interfaith dialogue offered a different way forward during the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas
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Two years in, some are asking if the war in Gaza is changing Judaism
Rabbis and pundits are warning that the war is shaking the beliefs and practices of Judaism itself
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Analysis: Is Trump’s Gaza ceasefire plan more about MAGA than the Middle East?
The president’s proposal could perhaps end two years of stalemate in the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward Yom Kippur attack kills 2 outside UK synagogue
Two Jewish men are dead after a suspect rammed his car into a group of worshipers outside of an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, England
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