Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Israel, the Jewish state in the Middle East founded in 1948.
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Fast Forward Could a Jewish voter surge threaten Jamaal Bowman’s reelection?
An Orthodox Jewish group said requests for mail-in ballots show that their effort to boost voter turnout in the Bowman-Latimer race has traction
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Art From legendary photographer Ralph Gibson, a brand-new lens on Israel
In Gibson's exhibit 'Sacred Land,' a first-time trip to Israel proved to be a deeply spiritual experience
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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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News Subdued and defiant: An Israeli Independence Day like no other
Traditional celebrations were boycotted and canceled, protesters hit the streets — yet many Israelis still shrugged off their increasing international isolation
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Fast Forward ‘I just can’t do it this year’: Amid war and infighting, Israelis hit pause on Independence Day festivities
'Is it natural to be celebrating? Of course not,' one father said
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Opinion This Yom Ha’atzmaut, we need the humility to question Israel’s future
My Religious Zionism teaches me that blind faith and total despair are faulty responses to this Independence Day
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Fast Forward New poll: 13% of voters who switched support from Biden cite his Gaza policy
The New York Times/Siena College poll showed voters' top concerns to be the economy, immigration and abortion
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Fast Forward Cabinet ministers heckled and soldiers wounded as Israel marks a somber Memorial Day
This is the rare Memorial Day when Israel is actively at war
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Three arrested in murder of rabbi in United Arab Emirates; Israel denounces ‘despicable antisemitic act’
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News Trump promised peace in the Middle East. Will his 2020 plan be the blueprint?
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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