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Books This novel is a glowing portrayal of Israel’s early days. Now it’s being ‘review-bombed’ on Goodreads
Author Talia Carner condemned critics who described her forthcoming novel, 'The Boy With the Star Tattoo,' as Israeli 'propaganda' — but she agrees that she's written a Zionist book
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Fast Forward Top Biden aide: Israel must focus on a postwar plan
President Joe Biden has reportedly grown frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent weeks
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Politics New survey: Democratic voters less inclined to support politicians opposing a cease-fire
At least 65 Democratic members of Congress have called for the end of the Israel-Hamas war, but President Joe Biden has said Israel needs to root out the terrorist group
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Opinion Imagining the unthinkable: Israel ceasing to exist
History offers no guarantee of any nation’s existence
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Culture Not just Chabad headquarters: The secret Jewish history of secret Jewish tunnels
Jewish groups through history have used tunnels for warfare, resource transportation and more
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Opinion Netanyahu’s allies spent years slandering the man now tasked with cleaning up their mess
Netanyahu’s allies scapegoated the judge and human rights expert for years. Now, they need him at The Hague.
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Opinion Jews must reject calls for ‘voluntary emigration’ of Palestinians
Forced migration in war is a crime against humanity. Israeli ministers putting it on the table is a threat to the future of Israeli democracy no less than this government’s attempt to overhaul Israel’s judiciary.
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News ‘People are afraid’: Advocates warn of crackdown on Arab Israeli students
Some students, their lawyers say, have been thrown out of school for innocuous social media posts
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Opinion Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
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Opinion Is starvation in Gaza really Israel’s fault? The facts are clear
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Film & TV How Jon Stewart evolved on Israel — at least on ‘The Daily Show’
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Opinion A new humanitarian outrage is unfolding in the Middle East. It’s not in Gaza
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Fast Forward A young Jewish organizer takes on Jerry Nadler in a generational challenge
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Yiddish די ווערק פֿון ישׂשׂכר בער ריבאַק מערקן אָפּ, און מאַכן איבער אַ צעשטערטע וועלטThese works by Issachar Ber Ryback commemorate, and transform, a devastated world
אין די אילוסטראַציעס האָט ער אױסגעדריקט זײַן צער נאָך די מוראדיקע פּאָגראָמען פֿון דער רוסישער בירגער־מלחמה.
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Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene may be first Republican lawmaker to call Gaza war a ‘genocide’
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Fast Forward Lithuania scraps years of planning by Jewish groups to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site
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