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How a Jewish student at Columbia became an icon of a movement
She started speaking out a few weeks after Oct. 7 and hasn't stopped since
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How a cup of coffee keeps one man feeling close to the hostages in Gaza
Sasha Troufanov spent his second birthday in captivity this week. Josh Katz thinks about him every weekday at 3 p.m.
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How the Amsterdam pogrom is—and isn’t—like Europe in the 1930s
"I think Europe will become Judenrein," said Abe Foxman, a Holocaust survivor who spent a half century as head of the ADL
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This is not an endorsement for Kamala Harris — or Donald Trump
Voters should think about who the candidates surround themselves with, and how they make decisions
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Looking Forward Would a real mensch wear a ‘mensch’ T-shirt?
I had to practically force the husband to wear it. But then I went down several satisfying rabbit holes.
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Sinwar, Sukkot and what Netanyahu needs to do now
End the war now and the remaining hostages could be home by the end of the holiday
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Oct. 7: One Year Later On this grim anniversary, focus on what we can — and cannot — control
Israel — and American Jewry — should respond to the conflict with integrity, humility, empathy and a long-term view
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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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Why won’t Kamala Harris talk about her brisket?
Doug Emhoff praised his wife's "mean brisket" at the DNC. I investigated.
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How one of America’s most prominent rabbis got on the path to the pulpit
In a new book, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove meditates on what it means to be Jewish in "such a time as this"
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Finding the line between antisemitism and anti-Zionism — on a bumper sticker
A 17-year-old shouted "Free Palestine" at an Arizona lawyer with a Star of David on his car, and what happened next.
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Fast Forward Cuomo joins growing Democratic chorus urging end to Gaza war
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Theater A new play asks: What if the biblical matriarchs lived today?
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Opinion Hollywood’s boycott of Israeli filmmakers is an act of spectacular self-sabotage
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