This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2023 judiciary reform effort and resultant crisis in Israel.
Judicial Overhaul
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Fast Forward Netanyahu cancels speech at federation conference in Israel amid protests
Knesset member who sponsored judicial overhaul is jeered at Jewish Agency event
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Opinion Israeli soldiers occupied my home for years. 75 years in, have the protesters forgotten us in Gaza?
I can’t help but support Israelis protesting their own government, but the justice system they're fighting for failed my people
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Fast Forward Netanyahu offers post of Israel’s consul general in New York to May Golan who calls herself ‘proud to be racist’
The right-wing lawmaker with a history of controversial remarks, sparking concern that her appointment could strain U.S.-Israeli relations
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News Conference meant to celebrate Israel’s 75th may be overwhelmed by protests
The Jewish Federations of North America's annual conference in Israel comes as many top Jewish leaders and philanthropists have been unusually critical of the Israeli government
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Fast Forward Israel’s Independence Day ceremony to cut to pre-taped rehearsal in case of protests
The decision was made to prepare for possible provocations at the event in light of the government's judicial overhaul plan
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Fast Forward 1 in 4 Americans have not heard of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
More Americans, including younger Republicans, have a negative view of Netanyahu, according to new Pew survey
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Fast Forward Retired Supreme Court Justice Breyer hopeful about compromise on Israel’s judicial overhaul
‘Beware of changes that are too fast, beware of changing too quickly,’ Breyer cautioned the Israeli government
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Opinion Is having a Jewish state worth it? A new book makes the case for optimism
75 years after Israel’s founding, Daniel Gordis takes a hard look at the country’s past and future
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
In Case You Missed It
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Opinion I discovered anti-Zionism at the University of Michigan. I’m glad it lives on there
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Opinion An alarming new battleground in campus fights over Israel
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.