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	  Fast Forward Before his death, Charlie Kirk told Netanyahu that Israel faced a ‘5-alarm fire’ over PR strategyIn a letter, Kirk lamented that Israel was losing the “information war” in the United States 
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	  Fast Forward Report: In first for a US tech giant, Microsoft terminates Israeli military use of its softwareThe move follows an investigation by the Guardian and two Israeli publications that found the Israeli military had used the company’s cloud platform to surveil Palestinians 
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	  Opinion This Israeli dystopian novel is becoming the Jewish state’s reality'The Third Temple' depicts Israel as a global pariah run by religious fundamentalists 
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	  Opinion I’m an economist. Zohran Mamdani’s stance on Israel investments is misguidedA potential divestment from Israeli companies would only harm New Yorkers 
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	  Opinion Will Judaism after Gaza actually be different from Judaism before Gaza?The tension between particularism and universalism is fundamental to Jewish tradition 
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	  Opinion Israel’s central covenant with Jews is in peril like never beforeFrom ‘There he is’ to ‘Where are they?’ 
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	  Opinion Netanyahu’s pitch for Israel as ‘super-Sparta’ is a dystopian death wishThe prime minister's dark new vision would drive the country into ruin 
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	  Fast Forward Israel launches ground operation in Gaza City, as Marco Rubio casts doubt on diplomatic end to war“Gaza is burning,” tweeted Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz 
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	  News An Israeli restaurant chain said it closed due to boycotts. Protesters are celebrating.
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	  Opinion Jews are worried about Zohran Mamdani. Here’s why they shouldn’t be
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	  Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	  Film & TV What the new season of ‘Nobody Wants This’ gets right — and very wrong — about Judaism
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	  Fast Forward Hundreds of thousands of haredi Jews protest in Jerusalem against Israeli military draft
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	  Fast Forward Conservative students grill Vance on support for Israel at Turning Point USA event
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	  Yiddish אַ קאָנפֿערענץ וועגן ייִוואָ קומט פֿאָר אין איר געבוירן־שטאָט — ווילנעA conference about YIVO takes place in its birthplace — Vilniusאיין פֿאָרשער האָט גערעדט וועגן דעם וואָס נישט בלויז די פֿרומע און אָרעמע ייִדן האָבן גערעדט ייִדיש, נאָר די רײַכע און געבילדעטע אויך. 
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