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Opinion A ceasefire may be imminent in Israel’s war in Lebanon — why not Gaza?
There are two crucial differences between Israel's conflict with Hezbollah and its war against Hamas
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Fast Forward At the ADL’s ‘Concert against Hate,’ the focus is on Israel
Only emcee Ben Stiller alluded to political change in the United States
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Fast Forward Progressive Jewish groups back Senate resolutions against arms sales to Israel
In a shift, J Street is supporting the “resolutions of disapproval” proposed by Sen. Bernie Sanders
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Fast Forward In a federation official’s remark about resettling Gaza, signs of tension among Jewish groups in the new Trump era
'We all left pretty offended, honestly,' one Jewish community relations council leader said after a divisive meeting the week after the election
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Looking Forward How a cup of coffee keeps one man feeling close to the hostages in Gaza
Sasha Troufanov spent his second birthday in captivity this week. Josh Katz thinks about him every weekday at 3 p.m.
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Fast Forward U of Michigan student president impeached after calling critics ‘Zionists’
The school’s student government has been in turmoil for months over the president’s efforts to get Michigan to divest from Israel
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Fast Forward Israel’s proposed wartime budget would slash benefits for new immigrants
Some see the proposed cuts as a significant test of Israel’s commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration at a precarious time for world Jewry
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Opinion As ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee could derail Trump’s plans for the Middle East
Huckabee supports Israeli annexation of the West Bank — which would immediately stall efforts to expand the Abraham Accords
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion The latest victim of the culture war over Israel is a leftwing, lapsed Catholic Bible scholar
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Fast Forward Antisemitic incidents in Germany remained elevated in 2025, fueled by rise-in far-right cases
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Culture The manosphere says women owe their husbands sex — Judaism says the opposite
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Fast Forward Georgia’s Jewish senator called his newly minted GOP opponent an antisemite. Why?