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Families whose loved ones have gone missing face an agonizing choice: Observe Jewish mourning rituals despite not knowing their fate, or hold on to distant hope
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Long Island Jews protest Santos, condemn his exploitation of the Holocaust for political gain
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Netanyahu’s new government could lose a critical constituency: American conservatives
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Israel’s far-right government explained
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