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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Fast Forward Calling Israel’s response in Gaza ‘over the top,’ Biden conditions defense aid on allowing humanitarian assistance
'I’ve been pushing really hard, really hard to get humanitarian assistance into Gaza,' Biden said in a press conference
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Opinion DEI needs to be reimagined, and Black Jews are the ones to do it
Oct. 7 made it abundantly clear that Jews are excluded from DEI protections
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Sports The Ireland-Israel women’s basketball antisemitism controversy, explained
How a qualifying match for the EuroBasket tournament became the latest battleground of war-driven politics
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News As war rages in Mideast, Oberlin students revived a kosher-halal dining co-op
But the future of the project is uncertain
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News Jewish and Muslim comedians team up to bring comedy amid the conflict
Erik Angel’s Comedy for Peace tour stops in Maryland this weekend, with more dates being added for 2024
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Opinion Israel’s economy desperately needed the failed GOP bill
The longest war in Israel's history, combined with judicial overhaul protests and political cronyism is costing Israel dearly
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News Instagram’s ‘IsraelSoWhite’ mocks notion of Israelis as ‘white colonizers’
Satirical campaign from director Ben Younger celebrates diversity among Israeli Jews
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Fast Forward Israeli human rights groups call for an immediate ceasefire, release of hostages
While Israelis overall support the war, a growing group wants to trade the remaining hostages amid a ceasefire, among them families of the hostages who have staged protests throughout Israel
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Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
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Fast Forward Chabad on high alert after false Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens war claims
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News Reza Pahlavi, Iran’s exiled crown prince, has a plan for his people’s future — if they’ll have him
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Culture How an Amish Mennonite school in Arkansas went viral with a song by an Orthodox Jew
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אין דעם קאַפּיטל וועט איר הערן וועגן דעם ערשטן מאָל וואָס משהלע אַלפֿאָנסאָ האָט געטראָגן אַ יאַרמלקע אויף דער באַן.
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Opinion Gavin Newsom just confirmed the demise of the Democratic party’s support for Israel
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Yiddish ווי אַ כּלי־זמר־פּאַראַד איז געוואָרן טייל פֿונעם קאַרנאַװאַל אין סאַאָ פּאַולאָHow a klezmer parade became part of the annual carnival in Sao Paulo
הײַיאָר האָט מען אָפּגעגעבן כּבֿוד די ייִדישע פּאַרשױנען פֿונעם פֿאָלקלאָר פֿון דער אָרטיקער קהילה.
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