Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the 2023 Israel-Hamas war, in which Hamas militants crossed into southern Israel and massacred civilians, prompting Israel to invade the Gaza Strip.
2023 Israel-Hamas War
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Fast Forward California university president placed on leave after agreeing to boycott Israeli institutions
The president of the California State University system said Mike Lee, head of Sonoma State University, had not gotten permission to announce a deal
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Fast Forward 5 Israeli soldiers killed in friendly fire incident in Gaza, adding to toll of accidental deaths
The incident came the same day that Israel’s defense minister openly criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the war
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Fast Forward In a first, Jewish Biden administration staffer resigns over war in Gaza
Lily Greenberg Call is not the only staffer disaffected by President Joe Biden’s Israel policies, others in the administration say
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News Toddler video superstar ‘Ms Rachel’ launches fundraiser for children in Gaza, dividing Jewish moms
“When I saw her fundraiser, it really triggered me,” one mother told JTA
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Fast Forward CUNY college cancels Hillel Yom HaZikaron event due to protests
Kingsborough Community College says it canceled Jewish club’s event out of an ‘abundance of caution’; Jewish professor ‘saddened and dismayed’ by the decision
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Opinion Young Jews are fleeing Jewish institutions: Here’s how to keep them
Jewish communal groups should welcome Jews regardless of their relationship to Israel
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Opinion The Gaza War is neither a genocide nor a mission — it’s Revisionist Zionism in action
Right-wing Zionists say, 'We live in a tough neighborhood, so we have to be tough.' But has their ‘Shock and Awe’ strategy backfired?
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Fast Forward Turkey’s sudden ban on trade with Israel is already affecting Jews in both countries
'Everything stopped. We can’t do normal business,' a Turkish Jewish trader told JTA.
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Opinion Anti-Zionism forced us to withdraw from Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
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News ‘No one’s allowed to talk to me’: At UW-Madison, trying — and failing — to talk about Israel
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Fast Forward New poll: 13% of voters who switched support from Biden cite his Gaza policy
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Culture Claire Messud did not realize she was writing such a prescient novel
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Culture France would like to believe that an antisemitic arson attack was an aberration — history says otherwise
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Fast Forward International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders
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Fast Forward At Reconstructionist Rabbinical College ordination, angst over Israel shares stage with 11 new rabbis