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Opinion Oct. 7 changed Israel. A year later, it must change American Jews, too
What Israel’s tragedy means for the American Jewish future
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Opinion I study the relationship between Zionism and Judaism. Oct. 7 may have changed it forever
Israel has become a defining fact of Jewish life for Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews alike
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Fast Forward 8 Israeli troops killed in Lebanon in first Israeli casualties of ground invasion
Israeli sent ground troops into Lebanon on Monday night for the first time since 2006
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Opinion Jewish mourning rituals are not enough for Oct. 7, because our loss is ongoing
On this communal yahrtzeit, we must find a path forward even as we remember the pain
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Opinion Going into year two of war, could international criticism — and accusations of war crimes — actually change Israel’s tactics?
Israel has once more proved itself adept at spinning favorable narratives around its wartime actions
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News As a new Jewish year begins, Israel’s 68,000 evacuees celebrate apart — and wonder when they will return home
This Rosh Hashanah, the widening war in Lebanon is making the holiday a challenge for families across the country
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Fast Forward US announces sanctions on Israel’s Hilltop Youth movement over West Bank violence
The informal movement forms a core of extremist settler activity
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Opinion There are three ways Israel could react to Iran’s strike — here’s how it should decide between them
Israel could produce a measured response — or risk World War III
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News Curtis Sliwa has a plan to beat Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayor’s race — and it starts with apologizing to Jews
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Culture Barbra Streisand’s brand-new duet with Bob Dylan is a whole lot different than you might think
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Opinion Right-wing insurrectionists tried to topple the German government in 1920 — it’s happening again in Trump’s America
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Theater Can a kinky new Yiddish musical resurrect a lost art — and one man who got spanked to death?
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Fast Forward Josh Shapiro’s Judaism was not why Kamala Harris snubbed him, new book claims
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Yiddish דאָקטוירים פֿון אַן אַנדער שניטDoctors of a different sort
די ווילנער דאָקטוירים יעקבֿ וויגאָדסקי און צמח שאַבאַד זענען אויך געווען געזעלשאַפֿטלעכע טוער.
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