This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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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 Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a canceled tour and a shared Jewish-Palestinian 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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Culture Holy cow! Can one heifer herald the Third Temple — and the end of the world as we know it?
A red heifer calf has been born in Israel, to the delight of controversial Third Temple advocacy groups
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News Protests? What protests? Israel’s tourists enjoy nightlife and holy sites, uninterested in the country’s political strife
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, tourists continue to flock to holy sites, falafel stands and bars with little care for the mass demonstrations filling streets
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News Trumpets, drums and shouts of ‘Shame, shame’ — scenes from the raucous protests on the streets of Israel
In Jerusalem, demonstrators calmly — and loudly — gathered to continue protesting the country's judicial overhaul
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Opinion On Jerusalem Day, Ethiopian Jews remember those who never reached the Promised Land
Now in the U.S., an Ethiopian Jewish mom recalls her journey as an 8-year-old to Israel
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