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.
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News As Europe’s Jews see a new era of antisemitism, governments struggle over how to respond
There is clear confusion in European governments and police departments about how to distinguish between the right to assemble at pro-Palestinian rallies and the crime of hate speech
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Fast Forward Students and fellow educators on three continents say goodbye to Israeli reservist killed in tunnel blast
Yossi Hershkovitz taught at SAR Academy in the Bronx and Camp Moshava in Pennsylvania
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Fast Forward Jewish students assaulted and Hillel targeted at Ohio State, prompting state to beef up police presence
Two Jewish students were punched in an apparent hate crime, while other students stole Israel flags from the campus Hillel
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News Annual Chabad rabbis’ conference spotlights rise in Jewish engagement as attendees mourn Israel’s dead
The gala, which drew 6,500 people this year and is generally meant to be an uplifting celebration of Chabad’s Orthodox Jewish outreach work
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News Israeli army surrounds main Gaza hospital it claims is a Hamas HQ as Biden calls for ‘less intrusive action’
Newborns and other patients are dying at the hospital, Palestinian and international health officials said
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Fast Forward Planes, trains and bus caravans: Ahead of mass pro-Israel rally, tens of thousands of Jews are descending on Washington
“I have to do this, because I have to be there for the Jewish people,” said Danielle Werchowsky, a resident of Arlington, Virginia
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Fast Forward MIT partially suspends students who occupied building for pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’
The university did not specify whether the suspensions affected protesters or counter-protesters
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: Should I leave my home in NY to be in Israel with my grieving family?
Ask your relatives what they want. And remember: Travel is reversible
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion The moral degradation of Israel’s far right is even worse than you think
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News Mamdani to attend Passover Seder as he navigates ties with Jewish groups amid rising antisemitism
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Fast Forward 3 more men arrested in London arson of ambulances owned by Jewish emergency service
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Fast Forward Influencer Myron Gaines performs Nazi salute, denies Holocaust death toll at Ohio University event
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