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Fast Forward 14 dead, 450 injured in Lebanon on second day of pager attacks
Top Israeli officials, while not addressing the mass explosions, have said that the war is shifting from Gaza to the northern border
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Opinion A daring attack on Hezbollah may reveal Israel’s strengths — and its most terrifying weakness
Israel has once more demonstrated the superiority of its intelligence and military technology — and the buffoonery of its leader
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Fast Forward At least 8 killed and thousands wounded as Hezbollah pagers explode across Lebanon
Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attacks, Reuters reported, and said there would be “fair punishment”
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Culture An up-close look at the real Theodor Herzl — and the real meaning of Zionism
At Temple Emanu-El, rare artifacts, including report cards, portraits and journals, explore the leader's life and legacy
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Antisemitism Notebook A Venn diagram to help us talk about Israel and antisemitism
The discourse is often split between "Zionist" and "anti-Zionist" — but we can do better
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News In Albania, which saved Jews from the Nazis, educators teach the Holocaust to a new generation
Thousands of foreign Jews found refuge in Albania during World War II. Yet youths in this once-Marxist nation of 2.6 million know nearly nothing of that unique legacy
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News New documentary ‘The Bibi Files’ paints an unflattering portrait of Netanyahu. Will Israelis ever see it?
Built around leaked police interrogation footage, the film has already faced legal challenges from Netanyahu
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Fast Forward Donald Trump’s pro-Israel supporters take issue with his prediction of its potentially imminent demise
Trump has said a second Holocaust is all but nigh, but it was the first time he set a deadline for Israel’s destruction
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Fast Forward ‘Antisemitic hit-and-run squads’: Amsterdam temporarily bans demonstrations after Israeli soccer fans attacked by street mobs
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Fast Forward Trump taps RFK Jr., whose anti-vaccine activism has included antisemitic comments, to lead Dept. of Health and Human Services
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Fast Forward A Ben & Jerry’s battle over Israel, long frozen, thaws anew amid Gaza war
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