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Fast Forward 15 New York synagogues hit with false bomb threats on Friday
The threats were part of a campaign to interrupt synagogue operations, but there did not appear to be any actual danger to the targets, a Jewish security official said
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Fast Forward Most New Yorkers link rise in antisemitism to war in Gaza and favor strong condemnation of Hamas
The Siena College monthly survey of New Yorkers shows support for Israel’s battle against Hamas in Gaza
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News ‘House of horrors’: Shaken and tearful, a dozen New York politicians visit the devastation at a kibbutz near Gaza
The 12 Democrats said they are committed to sharing what they saw with their constituents
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Fast Forward Hundreds gather in Bryant Park following pro-Palestinian NYC high school walkout
The majority of the crowd appeared to be older than school age. One speaker told the audience that “over 150” students had walked out of class, out of the hundreds of thousands of high schoolers in the city
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Fast Forward NYPD reports 69 antisemitic hate crimes in October, marking a surge since start of war
The number of antisemitic crimes in October 2023 marked a 214% increase over the same month in 2022
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Fast Forward Jewish lawmaker Vernikov holds seat, Kagan loses in closely-watched NYC council elections
NYC voters were focused on migrants and crime, though war in the Middle East was also a factor in Tuesday's elections
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Fast Forward Thousands gather for pro-Israel rally in NYC 30 days after Oct. 7 massacre
Speakers included Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Daniel Goldman, both Jewish Democrats; actors Brett Gelman and Debra Messing; and two relatives of hostages
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Culture A timeline of cultural events canceled since Hamas’ attack on Israel
In the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 terror attack, widespread cancellations of events tied to Palestinian or Muslim communities have raised fears about free speech and censorship
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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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 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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