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News Some Jewish summer camps are facing pressure to rethink — or even fully scrap — their Israel programs
Before the war, Jewish camps were already experiencing pressure from some who said they had contributed to a sanitized picture of Israel
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Fast Forward Israeli High Court brings Haredi draft exemption to a legal end — with unclear consequences
The practical implications of the decision remain up in the air
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Opinion The UN’s ceasefire resolution insults Israelis. So does Netanyahu’s feigned outrage
The Israeli prime minister is attempting to weaponize Israeli isolation on the global stage
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Opinion UN ceasefire resolution is a signal, not a sanction, for Israel
It’s time for Netanyahu to cry “uncle” — “Uncle Joe,” that is
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News Haredi ‘lost boys’ may find themselves drafted into Israel’s army
Netanyahu's government is in jeopardy over the military exemption for yeshiva students
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Fast Forward Group of rabbis calls on Biden to ignore calls for a ceasefire in Gaza
The Zionist Rabbinic Coalition said it stands with the Israeli people on the goals of the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward New survey shows Biden voters share Schumer’s critique of Netanyahu
Republicans have rushed to embrace Netanyahu after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a change of leadership in Israel
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Theater Hannah Arendt is a detective solving the mystery of Eichmann in a new play
‘The Banality of Evil’ adapts Arendt’s famous dispatch from Jerusalem
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Film & TV The new ‘Superman’ is being called anti-Israel, but does that make it pro-Palestine?
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Music ‘No matter what, I will always be a Jew.’ Billy Joel opens up about his family’s Holocaust history
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Culture She was my Hebrew school bully — and I finally learned what happened to her
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Music Remembering Ozzy Osbourne’s Jewish vow renewal
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Fast Forward Columbia suspends, expels and revokes diplomas of students involved in Butler Library takeover
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Fast Forward Youth wing of the Democratic Party passes amendment opposing Israel’s ‘ongoing genocide in Gaza’
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Fast Forward Top leaders resign from Friends of the IDF amid internal reckoning
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