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Opinion Calling for genocide is antisemitic. Why couldn’t the president of my alma mater say so?
University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill’s inability to unequivocally condemn antisemitism reflect a broader problem.
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Fast Forward Two-thirds of Americans say Hamas holds ‘a lot’ of responsibility for the war
But American support for Biden’s position on the conflict remains low
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Fast Forward On the first night of Hanukkah, hundreds call for a cease-fire at a Manhattan menorah lighting
‘It doesn't look to me like anyone is getting safer or more secure with what is happening now,’ said City Comptroller Brad Lander
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Fast Forward Hamas killed his family on Oct 7. At his bar mitzvah, he wore a Holocaust survivor’s tefillin — his grandfather’s
Ariel Zohar asked a search-and-rescue team to find the the tefillin in the wreckage of his family’s home
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Looking Forward ‘People thought we were dead’: They spent 27 hours under fire from Hamas — then Netanyahu used their home for an Elon Musk photo op
How YouTube cartoons, a child's comb, Bamba and psalms helped a young family survive Oct. 7
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Fast Forward A House resolution denounces antisemitism. Here’s why some Jewish members voted ‘present’
More than 90 Democrats, at the urging of senior Jewish House members, voted ‘present’ to protest what they called the GOP’s 'political games' on the issue
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News Israel’s representative in New York resigned to protest Netanyahu. Now he’s got some tough words for liberal New York Jews.
Asaf Zamir, the former Israeli consul, said he offered to return to his old job to help with public diplomacy after Oct. 7
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News Amid war, 1,000 Israeli civilians form the National Drone Patrol
Hobbyists and commercial drone company workers have volunteered to boost civil defense
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Fast Forward Illinois primary pits Jewish candidate with deep Israel ties against AIPAC spending
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Opinion Trump has forced an impossible choice on American synagogues amid antisemitic attacks
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Opinion We must rewrite the rulebook for fighting antisemitism — or conspiracists like Joe Kent will win the narrative wars
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Fast Forward Joe Kent, now under investigation, insinuates to Tucker Carlson that Israel might have killed Charlie Kirk to stoke Iran war
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Fast Forward ‘I’m alive!’: Netanyahu speaks in-person amid ongoing online rumors claiming he’s dead
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Fast Forward Can James Talarico’s faith-forward politics invigorate the Jewish religious left?
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