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  I ran Israel’s largest company. Here’s why I support Kamala Harris

  Kamala Harris is better for Israel, healthcare and democracy

  By Jeremy Levin

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  This remarkable story will help us dance on Simchat Torah

  One year after Oct. 7, look to our shoes

  By Areyah Kaltmann Oct 21, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Shirel Golan survived the Nova massacre but died by suicide. Online denial may be to blame

  One year after Oct. 7, young women who survived face campaigns that deny sexual violence

  By Meredith Jacobs Oct 21, 2024 | 3 min read

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• Jodi Rudoren This is my last column as editor of the Forward

  

• Jay Michaelson Mamdani’s victory is an opportunity for Jews to relearn the art of disagreement

  

• Rob Eshman Want to understand what’s wrong with the ‘pro-Palestine’ movement? This Palestinian can help

  

• Nora Berman Did Netanyahu coerce Trump into attacking Iran? No — but he tried with Obama

  

• Dan Perry Trump wants to control the Israeli judiciary. Uh, good luck

  

• Emily Tamkin Zohran Mamdani’s victory proves it: The ‘gotcha’ mode of fighting antisemitism has to go

  

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  How to celebrate Simchat Torah when our hearts are weighed down by grief

  There is a long history of embracing joy in the midst of suffering, writes the president and CEO of the Hadar Institute

  By Rabbi Elie Kaunfer Oct 21, 2024 | 4 min read
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  Why I named my newborn son after Hersh Goldberg-Polin

  ‘It wasn’t only that I wanted to be a mother. I wanted to be a mother like Rachel.’

  By Danielle Berrin Oct 18, 2024 | 5 min read
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  A nationalist religious group has swelled the ranks of Israel’s military

  The Hardal support Gaza settlement, violent West Bank settlers and ‘revenge’ against Palestinians

  By Yagil Levy Oct 17, 2024 | 5 min read
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  The most antisemitic university president you’ve never heard of

  Johns Hopkins University must remove Isaiah Bowman from a place of honor

  By Sanford Jacoby, and Laurel Leff, and Paige Glotzer Oct 17, 2024 | 6 min read
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  No, Trump did not bring peace to the Middle East

  Despite his claims, Trump’s policies only fueled regional instability

  By Dalia Dassa Kaye Oct 17, 2024 | 4 min read
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  I’m Manhattan’s district attorney. This is how I’m combatting antisemitism

  More money, more staff and targeting criminal conduct at campus protests

  By Alvin Bragg Oct 17, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Sinwar’s death is a chance for Israel to declare victory and pivot in Gaza

  Netanyahu should give amnesty to those holding hostages, take the lead in rebuilding Gaza and form a national unity government

  By Dan Perry Oct 17, 2024 | 3 min read
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  A Jewish and former Democratic congressman’s case for electing Donald Trump in 2024

  The Republican nominee is the right choice for a dangerous world, writes a politician who served Florida’s 20th congressional district from 1993 until 2005.

  By Peter Deutsch Oct 16, 2024 | 4 min read