This is 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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Books An effort to track antisemitism in the literary world launches amid widespread anti-Israel sentiment there
Mayim Bialik, Brett Gelman, Gabrielle Zevin and Sarah Maas are among the Jewish creatives caught up in recent literary Israel controversies
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Fast Forward Matisyahu claims venues canceled his shows due to antisemitism
After the staffs in Santa Fe and Tucson refused to work his show, the venues attributed the cancellations to 'security concerns'
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Fast Forward A top U.N. official says Hamas is ‘not a terrorist organization,’ sparking furious backlash from Israel
Israel called the head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs a 'Hamas apologist'
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News Escaping Gaza, for fun: Israelis take to ‘escape rooms’ that mimic war
Operator of ‘Fauda’-based Gaza role-play game says customers want to ‘kick some Arabs’ ass’
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Fast Forward Trailblazing Canadian cyclist removed from Ottawa International Women’s Day event over past IDF service
Leah Goldstein was the first woman to win the 3,000-mile Race Across America
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Fast Forward FBI arrests Indiana man over threats to ‘kill every Jew’ — but didn’t tell Jewish community about him
The suspect also said he would 'shoot every pro-Israel US government official in the head'
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Politics Why is an LGBTQ+ group asking candidates about Israel?
New York’s Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club says the questions on the Middle East are not litmus tests
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Fast Forward Left-wing Zionist groups Americans for Peace Now and Ameinu to merge
The merger comes as groups on the Zionist left have struggled to find their footing during the Israel-Hamas war
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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