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Opinion What does Jewish law say about the war between Israel and Hamas? Depends where you look.
For both hawks and doves, there's a lot that's troubling about the Jewish law of war
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News ‘At least we know that she’s alive’: The family of a young woman captured by Hamas insists on hope
Inbar Haiman, 28, was captured by Hamas at the Nova music festival
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News How Biden condemned Hamas for rape before the IDF had evidence it happened
A close look at how social media and politics operate in the fog of war
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Opinion Michael Oren breaks down Biden’s ‘remarkable,’ ‘extraordinary,’ ‘historic’ speech on Israel
‘He’s of that generation that still has, as we say, Israel in his heart’
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Opinion How Netanyahu exploited the politics of fear in a country that now fears for its survival
The catastrophic events have befallen an Israel that was divided, distracted and demoralized
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Opinion The truth of Hamas is in its charter
A founding document extolls the killing of every Jew
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News Palestinian advocacy groups focus on ‘root cause’ of the Hamas attack. Here’s what they’re trying to convey.
The leading national Palestinian advocacy groups want lawmakers and the public to focus on the plight of Palestinians in their response to the attack by Hamas — and they’re using similar language to make their case
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Film & TV ‘Fauda’ nearly predicted a terrorist invasion of Israel — the show’s creators thought it was too far-fetched
‘Fauda’ co-creator Avi Issacharoff on the Israel-Gaza war and his rescue mission with Lior Raz
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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