Subdued and defiant: An Israeli Independence Day like no other
Traditional celebrations were boycotted and canceled, protesters hit the streets — yet many Israelis still shrugged off their increasing international isolation
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Many communities are incorporating Oct. 7 and the Israel-Hamas war into their holiday events
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Opinion How can I celebrate Israel’s Independence Day when my country is in turmoil?
Instead of fireworks, Israel needs leaders who are able to free the hostages and make peace with the Palestinians, writes the director of development for the Masorti Movement in Israel
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Opinion I’m a Jewish day school student. We need to learn Palestinian history.
Young Jews are increasingly alienated from Israel after receiving a one-sided education about the Jewish state
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Opinion Mahmoud Abbas’ comments about the Holocaust are abhorrent. Here’s what we should learn from them
Abbas' accusation that Israel committed '50 Holocausts' is dangerous revisionist history
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Culture Why does everyone want Jerusalem? CNN investigates in a new docuseries
Sunday night, after Jews around the world mourn the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem on Tisha B’av, CNN will premiere a series that — in so many words — traces 3,000 years’ worth of conflict to the laying of those structures’ cornerstones. Solomon’s Temple, author Susan Wise Bauer argues in “Jerusalem: City of Faith…
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Opinion It’s Time For American Jews To Recognize The Nakba
In a beautifully written column last week, the Israeli journalist Anshel Pfeffer explicated the contradiction at the heart of hasbara: by aggressively advocating for Israel’s right to exist, it implicitly grants that Israel’s legitimacy is actually a matter of debate. After all, he writes, “real countries don’t have to argue they are legitimate.” As we…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Remember The Exodus With This Beautiful New Music Video
Forward Soundtrack of Our Spirit finalist Cantor Aryeh Leib Hurwitz has released a new music video celebrating the Exodus, commemorating 50 years since the Six Day War and Israeli Independence Day. Watch: Cantor Aryeh Leib Hurwitz was a 2016 Soundtrack of Our Spirit finalist and is a soloist and performer from Brooklyn, New York.
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