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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Fast Forward Biden officials set a 2-week deadline for a plan to combat spike in campus antisemitism
Jewish leaders came away reassured, several of them said
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Fast Forward The first Mom For Liberty to successfully ban Anne Frank went on an antisemitic livestream
Asked if she regretted going on TruNews, banned from YouTube over antisemitism, the Florida mom responded, “Absolutely not. No.”
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Opinion ‘It’s hard to be a Jew’ — old Yiddish proverb never felt more resonant in America
Rabbis, parents of young children and teenagers all reeling from antisemitism or its silent sanction
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Culture Reeling from tragedy and seeking support, Israel has a social media strategy — and it involves a lot of Harry Potter
Three weeks into the war, Israel is posting messages with pop stars, movie stars and a (once) beloved author
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Fast Forward Cornell’s idyllic campus shaken by graphic threats against Jewish students
Messages citing Hamas trigger action by FBI, New York’s governor and state police counterterrorism unit
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Opinion How the Israel-Hamas war could spiral into a global conflagration — with the U.S. deeply engaged
Not since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has Washington undertaken so large a military buildup
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Fast Forward Artforum staff resign in protest after editor fired over publication of anti-Israel open letter
'I have no regrets,' David Velasco, who had worked at the magazine since 2005, told the New York Times
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Art After the massacre, a profound abyss that one Tel Aviv tattoo artist is trying to fill with art
Inbal Hoffman used holes as a motif in her art; now they have taken on new meaning
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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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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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Fast Forward Elected PA Jewish judge leaves Democratic party, citing ‘disturbingly common’ antisemitism
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Fast Forward Israeli report on ‘systematic’ Oct. 7 sexual violence seeks to shift debate from denial to accountability
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