This is the Forward’s coverage of protests and demonstrations relating to Jewish issues.
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Opinion Can We Talk About Climate Change?
The organizers’ official count of participants in the People’s Climate March in New York City on September 21 was 400,000, but some thought it was even higher, so clogged were the Manhattan streets, so steady the flow of people, so joyful and determined the mood. It was a diverse crowd in some respects — age,…
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Culture In Search of the Bibi Haters in Israel
Ten young people, more or less, were congregating in front Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence late on a Saturday night and repeatedly shouting, “Bibi, resign! Bibi, resign! Bibi, resign!” Bibi didn’t seem to be here; in any case, he wasn’t answering. It was August, during the height of the conflict, and the young people here were ultra-rightists,…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Protestors Prevent Israeli Ship From Unloading in California
Pro-Palestinian protesters prevented an Israeli cargo ship from unloading at a California port for two straight days. The protesters gathered Sunday at the Port of Oakland to stop a ship from Zim Integrated Shipping Services, Israel’s international maritime cargo company, from docking and unloading. The protest is under the auspices of the Block the Boat…
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Fast Forward British Supermarket Branch Removes Kosher Items Over Fear of Anti-Israel Protests
A branch of a popular British supermarket chain removed kosher items from its shelves over fears of attacks by anti-Israel protesters. The Sainsbury’s branch in Holborn in central London emptied its kosher section on Saturday as anti-Israel protesters demonstrated outside of the store, the Guardian reported on Sunday. The protest occurred at the same time…
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Fast Forward Gaza Deal Reached for New 72-Hour Truce
A Palestinian official said on Sunday agreement had been reached on a new 72-hour Gaza ceasefire. There was no immediate confirmation from Israel or Hamas, the dominant movement in the Gaza Strip, that a truce had been agreed. “The Israeli and the Palestinian sides have agreed to the new 72-hour truce to begin serious negotiations…
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Fast Forward Small Israel Rally Slams Gaza War
More than 150 Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday against a Gaza war entering its second month, in defiance of a police ban on the assembly that cited military restrictions on public gatherings in cities within range of rocket fire. The relatively small turnout was similar to the numbers that have shown up for…
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Israel News American Jews Rally Mostly to Israel’s Side as Gaza Conflict Rages — Minority Objects
On a different day, Max Segall and Simone Zimmerman might have been protesting together for some other cause. Both are young, liberal American Jews educated by religious day schools. Both advocate progressive causes. But on July 29, Segall, a junior at New York University, showed up to support Israel at a big rally in New…
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Israel News Jews March in New York Rally Against Israel War in Gaza
Holding signs emblazoned with slogans like “Boycott Israeli Apartheid” and “New York Jews Say: Not in Our Name,” hundreds of protesters marched through lower Manhattan on Thursday demanding an end to American support for Israel’s operation in Gaza. The event was one of many held in the U.S. and around the world as part of…
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