Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and massacred civilians, prompting Israel to invade the Gaza Strip.
Israel-Hamas War
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Fast Forward An LA charter school housed at a synagogue taught 1st-graders about ‘the genocide of Palestine’
Teachers described the lessons on social media. One also complained about Israeli flags on the synagogue campus
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Fast Forward News outlets deny watchdog’s allegations that they were tipped to Hamas attacks
Israeli politicians join pro-Israeli group questioning freelancers’ presence at the Gaza border Oct. 7
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Culture Fake images of the war in Israel and Gaza make it difficult to separate truth from fiction
Inflammatory images of Jerusalem in rubble or the Dome of the Rock surrounded by smoke are available on Adobe and iStock
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Opinion Tearing down posters of Israeli hostages isn’t resistance — it just shows you can’t handle complex grief
The Israel-Hamas war is making clear that many people cannot hold space for the suffering of two peoples
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Fast Forward Gunshots at Montreal Jewish schools as McGill U braces for a pro-Palestinian rally advertised with images of broken glass
The gunshots were fired in the early hours of Thursday morning when the schools were empty
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: Should I join a boycott of a summit run by a friend who posted anti-Israel content?
There may not be a right answer. Make the best decision based on the facts — and feelings — available
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Fast Forward Three-quarters of American Jews fear Israel-Hamas war is making their communities less safe, poll finds
Two-thirds of American Jews also support the Biden administration's policy on Israel and the vast majority support military aid for Israel
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Fast Forward Brawls erupt outside LA Museum of Tolerance screening of Hamas atrocities footage
Critics of Israel had decried the screening, organized by Gal Gadot and other Hollywood insiders, as a “Zionist trap"
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Film & TV How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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