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News Amid divisions, Jews on the left find unity mourning victims and warning against Gaza ‘genocide’
Fallout from bloodshed in Israel opened 'fault lines' on the Jewish left. Israel's violent response brought it back together
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Opinion This war is just even though it’s brutal. Jewish leaders need to be ready to defend it
Sermons and speeches calling for ‘ceasefire’ distort Jewish values
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Music Taylor Swift bodyguard to enter a new ‘Era’ — in a tour with the IDF
A man is leaving his ‘dream job’ to fight for his country
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Fast Forward Bulletproof vests and Entenmann’s donuts: American Jews send supplies to war-torn Israel
Etan Goldman, who transported six suitcases from Los Angeles to Israel, is just one of many Americans who are finding a way to help
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Fast Forward IDF balloons monitoring Israel-Gaza border broke down weeks before Hamas attack
The Israeli army failed to fix the border monitoring technology last week; it is now examining the possibility that Hamas sabotaged the balloons
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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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Fast Forward Synagogues in Maine come together to mourn Israeli soldier who died fighting Hamas
Bangor’s Jewish community offers support for grandfather of fallen IDF captain
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Fast Forward ‘The overhaul opened their eyes’: Israeli youth publicly refuse draft
Over 200 Israeli high school students declared they will refuse to serve in the IDF 'due to the ongoing dictatorship in the occupied territories, and the developing dictatorship inside Israel'
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