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Fast Forward Vigils, rallies, fundraisers and support groups: How Jewish Americans are responding to Hamas’ attack on Israel
American Jews are banding together to send support to Israelis and to comfort each other
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Opinion Spare us your explanations about what’s happening in Israel — now is the time for grief
Nearly every Jew knows someone directly affected by the violence in Israel, and in a sense, we're all sitting shiva
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News Midwife, soldier, father, friend: Families in Israel beg for help in finding four missing US citizens
Anguished relatives describe the last time they heard from their vanished loved ones and demand US intervention
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Opinion Our Jewish community has become divided. Hamas’ attack reminds us that we must stand together
It's up to Jews from all camps to self-reflect, and to focus more on what holds us together than our differences
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News Meet the Jews defending Hamas
Almost all progressive Jewish groups condemned Saturday’s attack on Israeli civilians, but a handful cheered it on
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Fast Forward At JFK, well-wishers bid Israeli soldiers — and would-be soldiers — farewell
A group of volunteers from Brooklyn made sure those headed toward war had a friendly send-off
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Fast Forward Netanyahu says ‘hard days are still ahead of us,’ vows to defeat Hamas in ‘massive attack’
“We are in a campaign for our home, a war for the security of our existence, a war we will win,” Netanyahu said in the nearly eight-minute address on Monday
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Fast Forward Three dozen Harvard student organizations say Israel ‘is the only one to blame’
Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups statement holds Israel responsible for 'all unfolding violence'
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