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Opinion I didn’t understand Holocaust denial until Oct. 7
My survivor grandmother feared that no one would believe her. Now I know why.
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Opinion Israel’s choices — not Hamas — are an existential threat to the Jewish state
The true threat to Israel’s survival hides not in the shadows, but in the mirror
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News As Israel fights Hamas, activists on the right are calling to rebuild settlements in Gaza
Politicians on the far right have long called for reestablishing Gush Katif, but the war has brought those demands squarely into the mainstream
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Fast Forward 7 men, some members of Hamas, are arrested as European police foil plots against Jews
German officials described the suspects as “longstanding members of Hamas" who "have participated in Hamas operations abroad”
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Fast Forward Jewish Rep. Goldman would ‘love’ a cease-fire, but not while Hamas still rules Gaza
In a rare virtual town hall meeting, Dan Goldman explained the conditions under which he would support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward Two-thirds of Americans say Hamas holds ‘a lot’ of responsibility for the war
But American support for Biden’s position on the conflict remains low
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Culture Words matter, which is why we need to call Oct. 7 a ‘pogrom’
Calling the Hamas attacks a 'pogrom' does not mean they are the same as what happened in Russia in 1903
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Culture Debate rages over whether a letter from an Israeli hostage to her Hamas captors is a fake. But does it matter?
Danielle Aloni's letter describing her captors' kindness is only the latest in a debate over morality in the war
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Film & TV How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic
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Opinion A year after Oct. 7, Israel has the chance to remake its future — for better or worse
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Opinion Campus protests defined the year since Oct. 7. Could they actually change U.S. policy?
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Special Report At the kibbutz hit hardest on Oct. 7, a wrenching debate over how to rebuild
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