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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Culture This Israel-born, Jewish chef is demanding a cease-fire
Ora Wise joins a team of Palestinian chefs mobilizing the food industry in support of besieged Palestinians
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Fast Forward Hundreds gather in Bryant Park following pro-Palestinian NYC high school walkout
The majority of the crowd appeared to be older than school age. One speaker told the audience that “over 150” students had walked out of class, out of the hundreds of thousands of high schoolers in the city
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Culture ‘Do you condemn Hamas?’ — why a seemingly legitimate question has become controversial
Does the question address the left's moral failings or is it being used as a smear tactic?
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Opinion This war is a call to action for religious Jews on the left
It would be an egregious mistake to conflate the larger Religious Zionist world with the extremists in its midst
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Sports Ryan Lavarnway played with Team Israel one week before Oct. 7. Now he’s speaking out to support Jews.
The former MLB catcher and Team Israel leader will appear at two upcoming Israel solidarity events with the Jewish National Fund-USA
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Fast Forward An LA charter school housed at a synagogue taught 1st-graders about ‘the genocide of Palestine’
Teachers described the lessons on social media. One also complained about Israeli flags on the synagogue campus
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Fast Forward News outlets deny watchdog’s allegations that they were tipped to Hamas attacks
Israeli politicians join pro-Israeli group questioning freelancers’ presence at the Gaza border Oct. 7
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Culture Fake images of the war in Israel and Gaza make it difficult to separate truth from fiction
Inflammatory images of Jerusalem in rubble or the Dome of the Rock surrounded by smoke are available on Adobe and iStock
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Fast Forward Alleging conflicts, California judge boots Jewish DA from trying Stanford pro-Palestinian protesters
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Fast Forward Israel bars YouTuber Tyler Oliveira from entering country, citing ‘harassment of Jews’ on social media