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News When observant Jews gathered to challenge Israel orthodoxy, verbal sparring and walkouts ensued
At Smol Emuni’s second US conference in Manhattan, calls for a moral reckoning over Gaza collided with Holy Land doctrine
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Opinion Why war with Iran puts the US-Israel alliance at risk
The American public is increasingly skeptical of Israel, and doesn't understand why they're at war
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Opinion Gavin Newsom just confirmed the demise of the Democratic party’s support for Israel
American Jewish voters, who overwhelmingly trend liberal, are about to face some difficult choices
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Fast Forward Shower, shelter, swipe: Israel’s ‘startup nation’ meets Iran war with a wave of apps
Israelis are downloading apps to calculate the risk of showering — and to look for love in bomb shelters
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Fast Forward Gavin Newsom says some ‘appropriately’ call Israel an ‘apartheid state’ while questioning US military aid
The comments from Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, come shortly after the California governor said he “never will” take money from AIPAC
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Fast Forward A war-weary Jerusalem marks Purim one day after the rest of the world, a tradition born in what is now Iran
A missile attack from Iran briefly halted the festivities, but then the party went on
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Film & TV Tensions in Israel loom large in these Oscar-nominated shorts
‘Butcher’s Stain’ and ‘Children No More’ reveal waning trust in a society traumatized by war
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Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
It's deceptive and conspiratorial to suggest that Israel forced the US into this conflict
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