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Hezbollah strikes kill 7 in northern Israel as ceasefire talks advance

Thursday was one of the deadliest days for the country since the start of its multi-front war last year.

First responders stand next to a crater where a rocket fired from Lebanon hit an area in northern Israel's Haifa district on October 31, 2024 (Ahmad Gharabli/ AFP)

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Hezbollah strikes kill 7 in northern Israel as ceasefire talks advance

Why I wrote a prayer to be said on the Shabbat before Election Day

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What I told my Jewish students about this terrifying political moment

In closing campaign arguments, Jewish partisans articulate Jewish fears that have gone mainstream

Why Jewish Americans can’t agree on racism

US pushes back against Israeli laws curtailing main UN agency for the Palestinians

Jewish candy company Joyva cooks up a Brooklyn-inspired rebrand

ISRAEL

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

Historic global LGBTQ advocacy group boycotts Israel and suspends Israeli affiliate

Sally Rooney, Percival Everett among thousands of authors pledging to boycott all Israeli literary institutions

Chicago Jews deride mayor’s statement on shooting of Orthodox man

Kyiv Jewish school damaged in early-morning Russian drone strike

Former ADL chief Abe Foxman slams group for muted response to Trump’s MSG rally

Should outsiders step in to address campus antisemitism? The question is dividing Jews at the U of Washington.

Poland’s Jewish museum marks its first decade, made tumultuous by politics

Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83

‘I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi,’ Donald Trump says at Georgia rally

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