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 The rabbi who survived the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting 5 years ago considers hope in a dark time for the world’s Jews
Jeffrey Myers talks about memory, vengeance — and hope
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Fast Forward LA break-in investigated as hate crime after intruder allegedly tells Jewish family he wants to kill Jews
“I feel not so good and not so safe because I never thought it would happen in my house,” Mendel Meyers told a local news station
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Fast Forward 2 Jewish House Democrats call for ‘humanitarian pauses’ in Gaza
'Israel’s war is against Hamas, not the Palestinian people,' said Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman
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News Postcard from Pittsburgh: 5th anniversary of Tree of Life falls amid broader grief
The kosher butcher’s front doors are covered with photos of Israeli hostages instead of deals on brisket and whitefish
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Fast Forward More than 2,700 health workers signed a pro-ceasefire letter that excised a call to free Israeli hostages
One Jewish signatory said he'd signed by accident because he had gotten too many petitions
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Fast Forward As campus tensions over Israel flare, White House decries ‘grotesque sentiments’ against Jewish students
The statement came a day after pro Palestinian protesters banged on the locked door of the Cooper Union library where Jewish students were sheltering
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Fast Forward Signs showing a Star of David in a trash can are suddenly everywhere. Hamas used the image 10 years ago
‘Keep the world clean’ memes have been used to promote anti-littering, anti-fascism and anti-communism. Now they’re anti-Zionist
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Fast Forward Popular kids video game Roblox has become gathering space for pro-Palestinian protests
An Israeli parent warned that their child had seen a possible reenactment of Hamas' attack in the game
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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 This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Fast Forward Meet Lev Kreitman, who brought down Tel Aviv shooter and survived Nova music festival on Oct. 7
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Fast Forward Trump visits gravesite of Lubavitcher Rebbe to mark Oct. 7 anniversary
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Fast Forward Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff plant a pomegranate tree for Oct. 7 victims
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Forverts in English How can Jews committed to Yiddish culture call a massacre of Jews ‘resistance’?
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Fast Forward Suspect arrested in U of Michigan rabbi’s home robbery, with no evidence of antisemitic intent
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