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Pro-Israel Jews say the queer dating scene has become a minefield since Oct. 7. (Image by Mira Fox/Forward)

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A different closet: Queer Zionists navigate the post-Oct. 7 dating scene

by Louis Keene September 27, 2024September 27, 2024

At left, what the fire looked like from Camp Moshava Alevy at 1 p.m. on Friday. The photo on the right, taken by the onsite camp director, is what it looked like six hours after the campsite evacuated. (Jonathan Ravanshenas, left/Joe Zeveda, right)

How a California wildfire put an Orthodox school’s values to the test

by Louis Keene September 10, 2024September 10, 2024

Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza wore "BRING THEM HOME NOW" T-shirts to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2024. (Screenshot via Twitter)

As Netanyahu vows to ‘bring them home,’ six hostage family members are arrested for protesting his speech

by Louis Keene July 25, 2024July 25, 2024

The Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where remote students will still be required to study. (deror_avi via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)

Short on students, Reform Judaism’s seminary introduces remote ordination program

by Louis Keene July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

Trump seen from behind, standing before a giant American flag

What American Jews should know about Project 2025 and its connection to Christian Nationalism

by Louis Keene July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

Willie Mays (left) with Jacob Shemano (center) and the Dodgers’ Leo Durocher. (Courtesy of Gary Shemano)

‘Best friends I ever had’: Willie Mays’ treasured bond with Jewish S.F. family

by Louis Keene June 20, 2024June 20, 2024

Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian protesters clash at UCLA in video circulating on Twitter. (Screenshot/Twitter via @muhammadasifat)

‘Like a scene out of a horror movie’: Pro-Israel group tries to dismantle UCLA encampment

by Louis Keene May 1, 2024

A view of the University of Southern California campus (Photo/Dhrupad Bezboruah via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)

USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website

by Louis Keene April 16, 2024April 16, 2024

Blaze Bernstein (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Jeanne Pepper)

Blaze Bernstein’s cryptic final texts revealed in court as Woodward murder trial continues

by Louis Keene April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

19-year-old Blaze Bernstein, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, was murdered in January 2018. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Bernstein family)

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Defense admits Blaze Bernstein’s ‘unlawful killing’ in first day of long-awaited trial

by Louis Keene April 10, 2024April 10, 2024