The Gaza hostage crisis could forever change how American Jews relate to Israel — but it’s not too late to fix that
The US approach to advocacy widened the gap between how American Jews relate to Israel and how Israelis understand themselves
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Fast Forward 6 hostages murdered in Gaza lit Hanukkah candles in captivity, newly released footage shows
'This situation is not that far from the Holocaust,' one of the hostages says in tape recovered by the IDF
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Fast Forward Ran Gvili, last remaining Israeli hostage in Gaza, featured on 2 Times Square digital billboards
Both the American Jewish Committee and Israeli government placed billboards calling attention to Gvili
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Opinion Why an exhibit that honors the Oct. 7 hostages still draws crowds in the US, even after their release
The traveling installation about the Nova music festival avoids politics and focuses instead on ritual, memory, and the painstaking work of making order after horror
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Fast Forward Hostage’s remains returned to Israel, as Trump says Gaza ceasefire’s next phase is ‘going to happen pretty soon’
There is now just a single Israeli hostage remaining in Gaza
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Fast Forward Over 300 rabbis and Jewish leaders call for removal of UN official who denied Oct. 7 rapes
Reem Alsalem, the UN rapporteur on violence against women, claimed that “no independent investigation found that rape took place on the 7th of October"
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Fast Forward 251 hostages were taken to Gaza on Oct. 7. The bodies of these two remain there.
Hamas returned Dror Or to Israel on Tuesday
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Fast Forward Remains of Dror Or, Kibbutz Be’eri father and cheesemaker killed on Oct. 7, returned to Israel
Two deceased hostages now remain in Gaza: Ran Gvili and Sudthisak Rinthalak
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