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Fast Forward Video of Hamas atrocities being shown to Jewish organizations and Hollywood celebs
Israel fights ‘massacre denial’ by widening audience for graphic film of Oct. 7 attacks
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Bomb shelters have become a pick-up line for enterprising Israeli playboys
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Yiddish World Video: Israeli soldier speaking Hasidic Yiddish reassures American Jews
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, about 2,000 Haredi men have volunteered to serve in the Israel Defense Forces
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Fast Forward Israeli forces rescue kidnapped soldier, the first since Oct. 7
The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that Ori Megidish was 'was medically checked, is doing well, and has met with her family'
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Fast Forward Thousands of Haredi men volunteer to serve in Israeli army amid war in Gaza
The group generally avoids military service, but has signed up for duty in the wake of historic attack
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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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