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 Faculty senate at University of Pennsylvania condemns ‘intimidation’ by donors over Israel
Academic freedom ‘is not a commodity that can be bought or sold,’ read the faculty statement
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University students launch ‘Day of Loving-Kindness’ to counter Hamas ‘Days of Rage’
Participants are urged to share their good deeds online and spread the Jewish concept of “chesed,” or benevolence
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Opinion A chance encounter with an Arab woman during the war has taught me the power of grieving together
There is more opportunity for compassion in private conversations than the public square
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Fast Forward From grief to rage, American Jews are struggling with how to feel about the conflict in Israel
Protests, rallies and a social media campaign by Birthright Israel have all sought to sway American Jewish feelings about the violence in the region
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Fast Forward In a first, a Jewish organization opens an office at the Vatican
World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder asked Pope Francis to continue to call on Hamas to release Israeli hostages
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Fast Forward Israel evacuates Kiryat Shemona, town of 20,000 near Lebanon
Israel has for days been ready to launch an incursion into Gaza, and seeks to prevent the conflict from escalating on its other fronts
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Fast Forward ‘An inflection point in history’: Biden says assisting Israel and Ukraine is necessary to preserve democracy
Russia and Hamas "both want to completely annihilate neighboring democracies," Biden said
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Fast Forward In Tel Aviv and beyond, 200-seat empty Shabbat tables are set for Israeli hostages
Empty Shabbat tables have also gone up in the Jewish Quarter of Rome and on Australia's Bondi Beach
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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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Yiddish ווי האָבן ייִדן געהיט די ייִדיש־קולטור אױף יענער זײַט „אײַזערנעם פֿאָרהאַנג“?How did Jews maintain their Yiddish culture behind the Iron Curtain?
ייִדישע ליטעראַטן, װאָס האָבן געטרײַ געדינט די קאָמוניסטישע רעזשימען, האָבן גענוצט זײערע פּריװילעגיעס כּדי אָפּצוהיטן ייִדיש.
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Fast Forward All the Jewish NHL players to watch in the 2024-2025 season
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Opinion A two-state solution may seem like a distant dream. Here’s why it shouldn’t be
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Opinion I’m a Holocaust survivor. Here’s why I celebrated my 80th birthday protesting at an Israeli prison
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