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  I grieved at a funeral in Israel this week. But not for too long — another was about to start

  More than 1,300 funerals for victims of Hamas’ attack are taking place in Israel this week

  By Uriel Heilman

  4 min read
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  Explaining to my American friend why I’m staying in Israel

  ‘If not for your own sake, then for your children’s sake, go,’ she told me. Logic screams that she’s right, but most of us are not built to listen

  By Alma Elliott Hoffman Oct 12, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Justifying Israeli deaths is antisemitic. Yet many of my progressive peers are doing just that

  Across social media, responses to the Hamas attack on Israel have made me wonder if my friends see Jewish lives as meaningful

  By Natalie Roisman Oct 11, 2023 | 4 min read

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• Rob Eshman Pro-Palestinian protesters are suddenly supporting Iran. They might want to talk to some Palestinians

  

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

  

• Dan Perry For Trump and Netanyahu, statecraft is now synonymous with stagecraft

  

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

  

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  The truth of Hamas is in its charter

  A founding document extolls the killing of every Jew

  By Rob Eshman Oct 10, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Hamas is guilty of inhuman violence. What about the Palestinians who cheered them on?

  Palestinian society, and leadership, must speak out now

  By Michael Koplow Oct 10, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Spare us your explanations about what’s happening in Israel — now is the time for grief

  Nearly every Jew knows someone directly affected by the violence in Israel, and in a sense, we're all sitting shiva

  By Jay Michaelson Oct 10, 2023 | 4 min read
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  Our Jewish community has become divided. Hamas’ attack reminds us that we must stand together

  It's up to Jews from all camps to self-reflect, and to focus more on what holds us together than our differences

  By Rabbi Avi Shafran Oct 10, 2023 | 3 min read
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  Forget about Kanye’s tweets — Black members of Congress stand with Israel

  Jews should remember whose voices matter and who is just making noise

  By Robin Washington Oct 9, 2023 | 3 min read