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 Why so many people call the Oct. 7 massacre a ‘pogrom’ — and what they miss when they do so
Yosef Yerushalmi would have had a lot to say about our tendency to fit new horrors into old patterns
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Fast Forward Biden on 5th anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Hamas invasion is ‘deepening the wound’ of antisemitism
Biden weaved the two attacks, one spurred by white nationals, the other by radical Islamism, into the same cloth
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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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Sports First Puka Nacua, now Mookie Betts: Why do sports stars keep getting antisemitic around a Jewish streamer?
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Culture Why do Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas?
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Culture We tried to fix Hallmark’s Hanukkah problem. Here’s the movie we made instead
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Holy Ground One of America’s first Jewish farms was nearly lost to history. Now these Brooklyn parents are risking everything to keep their family’s legacy alive.
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Culture Waiting on line on Christmas is a time-honored New York tradition — was it ever thus?
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Fast Forward The data is in: For many in the Northeast, Christmas isn’t Christmas without Chinese food
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Fast Forward StopAntisemitism names Tucker Carlson ‘Antisemite of the Year’ as 2024 winner Candace Owens ramps up anti-Jewish rhetoric
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Fast Forward Jewish groups defend European media monitors banned for what State Dept. calls ‘censorship’
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