Watch: Tearful funeral of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, American-Israeli hostage killed by Hamas
'You would not have failed you,' his father says. Israeli President Isaac Herzog begs forgiveness of the family and the entire country.
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At Columbus Circle vigil for 6 Israeli hostages, a mix of anger and mourning
The crowd waved American and Israeli flags, some of them also featuring the yellow ribbon that symbolizes advocacy for the hostages
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Massive protests, threats of a national strike as Israelis demand action after bodies of six hostages found
Demonstrators blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for lack of a ceasefire-for-hostage deal
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Netanyahu apologizes for the first time to a hostage family, blames Hamas for captives’ deaths
Netanyahu’s apology calls to families of six hostages killed in Gaza come amid swelling protests and grief across Israel
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Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, is one of 6 Israeli hostages killed by Hamas in Gaza, IDF reports
Israeli forces recovered their bodies in a tunnel in Rafah Saturday. Outraged hostage family group vows major protest against Netanyahu.
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Man arrested after allegedly attacking Jewish students at University of Pittsburgh
The campus Hillel said the injured students were part of a group walking to Shabbat dinner together
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Bodies recovered in Gaza, Israeli army says; hostage families vow mass protest
“Starting tomorrow, this country will quake,” the main group representing the hostage families said as rumors swirled about the identities of those killed
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U of Maryland grants permit for pro-Palestinian group’s campus rally on Oct. 7, upsetting Jews on campus and beyond
Jewish groups say they’re concerned that Students for Justice in Palestine may use the rally to glorify Hamas
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Columbia antisemitism task force reports ‘crushing’ discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students
For the first time, the task force also spelled out its own definition of antisemitism
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Michael Lerner, influential rabbi-activist and founder of Tikkun magazine, dies at 81
A former ’60s radical, he made a home for Jewish progressives who felt shut out of the wider communal conversation
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