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News How Tuesday’s rally in DC is trying to pitch a broad pro-Israel tent
The rally aims to show that even as American Jews have become increasingly polarized, a broad spectrum of Jewish organizations and their supporters can still unite behind an overarching message of backing Israel and opposing antisemitism
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Culture ‘Do you condemn Hamas?’ — why a seemingly legitimate question has become controversial
Does the question address the left's moral failings or is it being used as a smear tactic?
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Fast Forward Some Jewish musicians are asking Jewish critics of Israel to stop singing their songs at protests
"I cannot condone that organization using my song officially," Shoshana Jedwab said about IfNotNow
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Opinion A 69-year-old Jew died after a confrontation at a protest. His death offers important warnings
Paul Kessler stood up against pro-Palestinian protesters. It shouldn't have ended tragically
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News Everything we know so far about the death of Paul Kessler
Law enforcement have heard contradictory accounts of how Paul Kessler sustained a fatal injury
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Fast Forward National Jewish groups put out the call for a massive ‘March for Israel’ in DC on Nov. 14
The hope was the rally would have the impact of mass Jewish rallies in 2002 and 1987
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Fast Forward Signs showing a Star of David in a trash can are suddenly everywhere. Hamas used the image 10 years ago
‘Keep the world clean’ memes have been used to promote anti-littering, anti-fascism and anti-communism. Now they’re anti-Zionist
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Fast Forward Jewish students at Cooper Union told to hide as pro-Palestinian protesters banged on doors of locked library
At Cooper Union in Manhattan, two Jewish students said they feared assault in aftermath of protest
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News Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors
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Fast Forward Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes
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News ‘Do you have the Torahs?’ Synagogue races LA wildfire to rescue its past and future
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Culture In Peter Yarrow’s legacy, an uneasy blend of Jewish values and personal transgressions
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News LA fires won’t stop bar mitzvahs this Shabbat, as joy and pain meet
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News HIAS cuts 22 staff even as it braces for Trump immigration crackdown
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Fast Forward A synagogue that survived the Palisades fire has become a ‘refuge’ for many who lost their homes
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News When fire spread to West Hollywood, a rabbi’s mom chose to grab candlesticks
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