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Oct. 7: One Year Later — Teen Voices
The valuable lesson that Oct. 7 taught me
I don't live in constant fear, but I've grown and changed in my observation of Judaism
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Oct. 7: One Year Later — Teen Voices How Oct. 7 changed my life as a Jewish Latino American teenager
Once, I felt secure in the Jewish and American parts of my identity‚ not anymore
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Watermelons, dogtags, red hands — a guide to the symbols of Oct. 7 and its aftermath
A guide to the terms and symbols that have become unavoidable since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war
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Looking Forward An Israeli hip-hop artist remembers a day of hope in Gaza
Shaanan Streett of 'HaDag Nahash' spoke to Libby Lenkinski on the Forward's new podcast 'Make Art, Not War'
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Oct. 7: One Year Later A different closet: Queer Zionists navigate the post-Oct. 7 dating scene
Pro-Israel Jews have come to expect hostility on dating apps. It can be even worse in person.
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Oct. 7: One Year Later Even in a time of grief and anguish, the show and the art must go on
'Seeking Joy' was originally conceived as a light, celebratory exhibit — after Oct. 7, 2023, everything changed
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How the premiere of ‘Saturday Night Live’ was a great bar mitzvah present
For one self-professed comedy nerd, 'SNL' was its own rite of passage
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Film & TV 8 young Jewish comedians on what ‘SNL 50’ means to them
'Saturday Night Live' may be entering middle age, but these rising Jewish comics are just getting started.
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In Netflix’s ‘Kissufim,’ a story about Israeli life on the Gaza border gains new resonance after Oct. 7
The real-life Kibbutz Kissufim lost 18 people in Hamas’ attack, two years after the movie was filmed
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How a real-life rabbi coached Netflix’s ‘Nobody Wants This’ about making interfaith relationships realistic
The show stars Adam Brody as a good-looking young rabbi who falls for a non-Jewish woman
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You can buy Sukkot gift boxes that say ‘tuchus’ on Amazon
Due to backwards letters, the party favors sold on Amazon are a bit cheeky
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