For hostage families and their supporters this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible
“How can we celebrate such a holiday while 133 people are still without their freedom, still waiting to be liberated?”
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11 Passover Haggadah supplements to print if you want to discuss Oct. 7 at your seder
The supplements come from Jews and Jewish institutions across the political, ideological and religious spectrum
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Despite missiles and an evacuation order, the spit is still turning at this northern Israel shawarma shop
They were supposed to leave, and the missiles keep landing, but Baguette Shlomi in Kiryat Shmona, Israel, remains open
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‘Jewish enough to be murdered,’ but not buried in a Jewish cemetery
The rabbis in charge do not consider some victims of Oct. 7 Jewish — even though their families do
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Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover
It was the first time he acquired whiskey, normally forbidden for Latter-day Saints
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100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia University over Gaza and Israel
The mass demonstration at New York City’s Ivy League school and its aftermath represented an escalation after months of tensions over the war
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Six months into war, Israeli soldiers still count on donations for basic supplies. Why?
Since Oct. 7, fundraising appeals for Israeli soldiers have brought in more than $1 billion
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Antisemitism Decoded Why the ADL is struggling to find its campus footing
The Anti-Defamation League's new "report cards" scoring schools on antisemitism drew criticism from some of its partners
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Cancellations skyrocket for Passover trips to, from and within Israel
‘My mum is terribly disappointed,’ said one British traveler scared off by Iran’s weekend attack
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Empty chairs, mirrors and pomegranates: How Jews are bringing the Israel-Hamas war to their seder tables this Passover
Many of this year’s additions focus on women and Hamas’ reported sexual abuses on Oct. 7 and since
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Columbia’s president, at House hearing, says university could do more to fight antisemitism
Nemat Shafik also condemned “calls for the genocide of Jews"
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