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Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu meets this year with presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Israelis prefer Trump over Harris. In the face of uncertainty, Netanyahu is hedging his bets.

by Ron Kampeas October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
A man in a press flak jacket holds up a red "channel 13" microphone
Posted inIsrael

This Israeli journalist reported on Hamas for decades. But Oct. 7 took him by surprise

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 25, 2024October 29, 2024
Haaretz journalist Lee Yaron is the author of "10/7"
Posted inBooks

Haaretz journalist’s book brings ‘first person’ immediacy to accounts of Oct. 7

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 22, 2024November 21, 2024
a timelapse photo shows blurs of people circling a bimah carrying Torahs as a guitar player stands in the center
Posted inReligion

Silent dancing on Simchat Torah? A joyous Jewish holiday is remade for a mournful anniversary.

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and Deborah Danan October 21, 2024October 21, 2024
Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents, which were hit from an Israeli airstrike, in the Al-Mawasi area, Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Biden warns Israel to allow humanitarian relief into Gaza or face cuts to military aid

by Ron Kampeas October 16, 2024October 16, 2024
A sukkah banner distributed by Hakhel, the Goldberg-Polins’ synagogue in Jerusalem, features Hersh’s face with the word meaning light. Shlomit Sattler hung the banner in her Jerusalem sukkah. (Courtesy Sattler)
Posted inIsrael

Israelis are decorating their first sukkahs since Oct. 7 with symbols of the crisis since

by Deborah Danan October 15, 2024October 15, 2024
Harris stands speaking at a lectern with a JDCA logo on it
Posted inPolitics

In final stretch, Harris and Trump intensify outreach to Jewish voters in key swing states

by Jacob Kornbluh October 14, 2024October 14, 2024
A makeshift memorial to the victims of Oct. 7, featuring candles and the Hebrew word "Yizkor," or remembrance, in Ashdod, Israel, Nov. 20, 2023. (Maqaf-Ivri/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inReligion

One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 8, 2024October 8, 2024
a black man and a white man in suits sit opposite each other talking
Posted inAnalysis

Was a viral Ta-Nehisi Coates interview a hit piece or fair play? A journalism ethics expert weighs in.

Louis Keene by Louis Keene October 8, 2024October 8, 2024
an enormous crowd sits in silence
Posted inIsrael

At Tel Aviv memorial ceremony interrupted by rocket sirens, Nova survivor reveals she witnessed rape on Oct. 7

by Deborah Danan October 8, 2024October 8, 2024

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