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What does it mean when people say Israel and Hamas are fighting a ‘holy war?’
Some Christians are interpreting the violence as the culmination of prophecies about the End Times
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In Galveston, Texas, a refuge for Jews escaping pogroms — and perhaps a lesson for today’s ‘migrant crisis’
For Jewish immigrants, Galveston was once 'the Ellis Island of the West'
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Books Conferences and cultural events with Palestinian ties are being canceled around the US and abroad
Even events unrelated to the Middle East are being scrapped if speakers are deemed anti-Israel
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‘I cry for both of us’: For Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a canceled tour and a shared Jewish-Palestinian grief
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus was founded in the hope of peace — but had to scrap plans for a post-COVID tour because of war
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Music How a cult Scottish-Jewish rock band finally hit the Top 10 more than four decades after they broke up
In 1974, Gentle Giant released the song 'Proclamation.' In 2023, Travis Scott sampled it for his song 'Hyaena.'
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How a few judiciously placed slices of New York Jewish cheesecake changed the world of rock ‘n’ roll
Richard Gottehrer's trip to pop music immortality began with good timing and good dessert
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In PBS series ‘Little Bird,’ a Jewish woman uncovers her traumatic Indigenous past
Co-creator Jennifer Podemski, born to a Jewish father and Indigenous mother, drew heavily on her own experience
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A high-tech answer to the dilemma of how to teach the Holocaust to kids without traumatizing them
"Courage to Act" at the Museum of Jewish Heritage uses hologram-like videos to recount the escape of 95% of Danish Jews to neutral Sweden
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Reporter's Notebook Your Israel and Hamas takes offend me — not as a Jew, but as a journalist
My colleagues and I are striving for balance. Sensationalist takes on social media are exhausting us
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Her family escaped from pogroms to South Dakota — did they become complicit in the decimation of Native Americans?
Rebecca Clarren's 'The Cost of Free Land' is a confession of collective guilt
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The shifting narratives of the Gaza hospital bombing: 24 hours in a fog of war story
As the world scrambled to figure out who bombed a hospital in Gaza, people analyzed videos and spread unverified theories online
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Sports NBA coach Steve Kerr: ‘Israel sought revenge for Oct. 7 and now 72,000 Palestinians have been killed’
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Film & TV A new documentary challenges stereotypes about Orthodox Jewish women — and their wigs
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News Analysis: As Democrats unite behind Platner, Schumer’s future as leader faces tests
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Fast Forward U of Michigan apologizes after faculty chair praises pro-Palestinian students during commencement speech