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How US Jews are marking Israel’s war-torn Independence Day in their own communities
Many communities are incorporating Oct. 7 and the Israel-Hamas war into their holiday events
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‘No one’s allowed to talk to me’: At UW-Madison, trying — and failing — to talk about Israel
The occupation of the campus’s central piece of real estate by pro-Palestinian protesters has, for many Jewish students, brought an unsettling end to an already-difficult school year.
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Politics New poll: 13% of voters who switched support from Biden cite his Gaza policy
The New York Times/Siena College poll showed voters' top concerns to be the economy, immigration and abortion
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Despite deep divides over Gaza, a Jewish leader seeks allies in defense of democracy
Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, says extremists on both sides are trying to drive wedges between Jews and their allies
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At Washington University, 2 Jewish seniors differ on Israel, but share a sense of loss
Neither fit neatly on either side of the campus conflict. Both left Wash. U spaces where they once felt at home
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Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony calls for sharing grief, not keeping score
'No matter how many people you lose,' said a Palestinian who has seen 61 relatives killed in Gaza, 'The feeling is the same'
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The pro-Israel backlash is harsh after Biden suspends delivery of some weapons to Israel
Biden risks losing a pro-Israel reputation that he has nurtured for decades and on which he has doubled-down since Oct. 7
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A ‘quite religious’ anti-Zionist: Meet the Jewish Columbia student who wrangled the college newspaper’s opinion page
Milene Klein said she worked to present a multitude of views on the protests and the war in Gaza
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At The New School, an anti-Zionist campus rabbi is ‘not so radical,’ students say
Louisa Solomon, student rabbi at The New School in New York, arrived on campus in the 2023 fall semester — just weeks before the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas
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What is behind Israel’s shutdown of Al Jazeera?
Israel says the Qatari-owned station’s lopsided coverage of the war endangers soldiers, but allies describe the closing of Its offices in Israel as an assault on press freedoms
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‘We would like to speak in our name,’ Jewish Columbia students say in viral open letter
The students say they were concerned about anti-Zionist students and pro-Israel outsiders who have come to campus
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