Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the Yom Kippur War of 1973, in which the Arab states of Egypt and Syria launched surprise attacks on Israel in the Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights. Israel…
Yom Kippur War
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Opinion 50 years ago, like today, Israel’s failure to anticipate a major attack rewrote the playbook for an entire region
1973 and 2023 — two massive Israeli government failures, and two moments when the Mideast's future changed forever
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Film & TV Helen Mirren’s Golda is golden — but the film merely glitters
A new biopic of Israel's fourth prime minister is too busy for its own good
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News Benjamin Netanyahu is on vacation — these protesters followed him there
Heavy police forces met protesters at Neve Ativ, a moshav in Israel's northern mountains where the prime minister is vacationing
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Fast Forward Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren gets US release date
It will focus on Meir’s decision-making during the Yom Kippur War, her complicated relationship with U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and her legacy around the world
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Culture Leonard Cohen changed Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Did it change him?
In October of 1973, Israel was fighting the Yom Kippur War with Egypt and Syria and Leonard Cohen decided to visit. His exact reasons have long been a mystery. Hearing him clarify them, you may wish they’d stayed that way. In an unpublished manuscript, the 39-year-old poet wrote he “wanted to go fight and die…
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Opinion Henry Kissinger wasn’t bad for Israel — he helped save it
Kissinger was a skilled statesman whose diplomatic strategy helped Israel in fundamental ways
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Israel News Growing numbers of Yom Kippur War veterans are seeking PTSD treatment
The Israeli television series “Valley of Tears,” now available on HBO, tells the story of the Yom Kippur War from the perspective of Israelis who fought it, and it’s prompting a national conversation about one of the most devastating chapters in the country’s history – both among those too young to remember it and the…
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Art 1973 Yom Kippur War Captured In Rediscovered Photographs
A few faces in Nathan Fendrich’s photos are familiar: then-general Ariel Sharon beams while surrounded by soldiers; Chaim Topol, the Israeli actor played Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof.” But most of the subjects remain a mystery 45 years after he photographed them in the heat of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Fendrich, 84, donated…
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