Opinion

• Opinion

  Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?

  The pro-Palestinian student camp captured the popular imagination. Making real change is a different matter

  By Mira Sucharov

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  Opinion

  Oct. 7 changed Israel. A year later, it must change American Jews, too

  What Israel’s tragedy means for the American Jewish future

  By Rob Eshman Oct 4, 2024 | 5 min read
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  Opinion

  I study the relationship between Zionism and Judaism. Oct. 7 may have changed it forever

  Israel has become a defining fact of Jewish life for Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews alike

  By Yaacov Yadgar Oct 2, 2024 | 4 min read

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  Jewish mourning rituals are not enough for Oct. 7, because our loss is ongoing

  On this communal yahrtzeit, we must find a path forward even as we remember the pain

  By Elliot Cosgrove Oct 2, 2024 | 4 min read
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  'We knew there were loved ones beneath the surface'

  By Justin Goldstein Oct 2, 2024 | 3 min read
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  Going into year two of war, could international criticism — and accusations of war crimes — actually change Israel’s tactics?

  Israel has once more proved itself adept at spinning favorable narratives around its wartime actions

  By Jessica Wolfendale Oct 2, 2024 | 5 min read
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  By Jay Michaelson Oct 2, 2024 | 4 min read
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  There are three ways Israel could react to Iran’s strike — here’s how it should decide between them

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  By Dan Perry Oct 1, 2024 | 4 min read
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  An Israeli security expert weighs in: ‘I don’t see a way that we do not strike Iran’

  After Tuesday's Iranian missile attack on Israel, Nimrod Novik doesn't see deescalation on the horizon

  By Rob Eshman Oct 1, 2024 | 4 min read
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  A year after Oct. 7, Israel’s south is still discovering new depths of resilience 

  Revitalization efforts in the war-torn region include plans for a new public university — and a distiller producing Israel's first tequila

  By Rob Eshman Sep 30, 2024 | 4 min read