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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Opinion What does Jewish law say about the war between Israel and Hamas? Depends where you look.
For both hawks and doves, there's a lot that's troubling about the Jewish law of war
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Fast Forward Jewish groups demand schools pull funding from Students for Justice in Palestine for cheering Hamas’ attack
The letter was published after an Israeli student was allegedly assaulted at Columbia University in New York City
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Fast Forward Jewish NYC council member arrested for carrying gun near pro-Palestinian rally
Inna Vernikov was pictured with a gun at her waist as she attended a pro-Israel rally near a pro-Palestinian rally at Brooklyn College
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News ‘At least we know that she’s alive’: The family of a young woman captured by Hamas insists on hope
Inbar Haiman, 28, was captured by Hamas at the Nova music festival
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Fast Forward IDF balloons monitoring Israel-Gaza border broke down weeks before Hamas attack
The Israeli army failed to fix the border monitoring technology last week; it is now examining the possibility that Hamas sabotaged the balloons
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Fast Forward ‘Can’t break us’: Brooklyn Nets preseason game against Israeli team turns into celebration for Israel supporters
“It’s very good to do this game, that all the Jews came here to support this team,” said an Israeli fan who was on vacation in New York when Israel’s war started.
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Yiddish World VIDEO: An Israeli reserve soldier on the front sends a pre-sabbath greeting in Yiddish
The soldier, named Yonatan, displays a kugel he received and wishes everyone "a peaceful shabbos"
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Culture As in 1940 France, Israel’s fortified border protected only a false sense of security
As Hamas terrorists crossed the divide, they recalled the time Germany breached the Maginot Line
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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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Culture In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026
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Opinion An abominable new Israeli law is a death warrant for democracy
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Culture Inside the ancient Christian theology driving modern antisemitism
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Culture The original anti-Zionists have been all but forgotten. Molly Crabapple wants to change that.
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Fast Forward Georgia political candidate apologizes for Passover ad that featured challah
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Fast Forward 4 killed in Haifa strike as Trump issues ‘you’ll be living in Hell’ ultimatum to Tehran
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Culture Two women race to save Persian Jewish music before it fades
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