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Jewish moderate Julie Menin claims victory as next City Council speaker
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251 hostages were taken to Gaza on Oct. 7. The bodies of these two remain there.
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Boston’s unfinished Holocaust museum hoists boxcar into exhibit space overlooking Boston Common
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Remains of Dror Or, Kibbutz Be’eri father and cheesemaker killed on Oct. 7, returned to Israel
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Oct. 7 families’ lawsuit says Bitcoin CEO, whom Trump pardoned, facilitated $1B in payments to Hamas and its allies
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