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Looking Forward ‘Ashamed at how my heart has shrunk’: Takeaways from 10 days of reporting in Israel
11 weeks into a war with no credible endgame, hopefully 2024 brings us a little more light
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PERSONAL ESSAY A Christmas story from Jerusalem, 1958, at gunpoint
How a wandering Jew ended up at Midnight Mass, and then in the crosshairs of the Israeli border police
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Looking Forward ‘We need a miracle’: Lighting Hanukkah candles with the family of Israeli hostage Uriel Baruch
With the country at war, celebrating Hanukkah in Israel looks different this year
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Opinion Israelis are back on the streets Saturday nights, only it’s quieter now
Protests have become rallies to support the families of those lost and missing — and each other
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Opinion In Jerusalem, Arab citizens are less visible now. Do they hate us?
I feel safest here, despite the Israel-hating wolves at our borders
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Culture ‘I cry for both of us’: For a mixed Jewish-Palestinian Jerusalem choir, a canceled tour and shared grief
The Jerusalem Youth Chorus was founded in the hope of peace — but had to scrap plans for a post-COVID tour because of war
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Culture Wedding during wartime: A donated cake, a volunteer band, fairy lights by the bomb shelter
Jewish law says marriages go forward even in times of tragedy
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Opinion Instead of dancing with the Torah, we are under attack
The entire country of Israel is waiting, unsure of what happens next
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Theater Hidden in this picture, the murder of 1.1 million Jews
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News The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
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Opinion Yes, antisemitism is rising. But pro-Palestinian protests aren’t the real threat to our campuses
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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
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News Israelis see antisemitism — and foreign interests — as fueling campus protests
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Culture I have officiated at hundreds of funerals. Here’s the biggest lesson I’ve learned
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Fast Forward Israeli opposition leader fears Israel will be blamed if Biden loses reelection
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Fast Forward Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in video released by Hamas