Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Israel weighs how to respond to Iran attack as Biden urges restraint
That decision will come alongside another pivotal one: how to respond to a truce proposal from Hamas
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Fast Forward Iran attacks Israel: How we got here and what might happen next
The attack is the culmination of long-running trends and explosive recent events
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Fast Forward Leading Democratic congressman says he wants ‘assurances’ before approving sale of fighter jets to Israel
Gregory Meeks, from New York City, is one of four lawmakers on Capitol Hill with the power to hold up weapons sales
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Culture Alex Edelman’s ‘Just For Us’ premieres on HBO and Max, with Jewish identity and antisemitism again in the spotlight
Edelman said the past six months have affected the way audiences, particularly Jewish viewers, receive the show
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Fast Forward Jewish groups are anguished over Israeli strike that killed aid workers — and divided on who to blame
Taken together, a range of American Jewish organizations’ statements on the strike that killed World Central Kitchen’s humanitarian staffers reflects American Jewish anguish about the war and impending famine that aid groups have warned of in Gaza
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Fast Forward Protests against Netanyahu escalate in Israel as thousands rally in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
The protests took aim at the Knesset’s decision to begin a six-week recess while Israelis are still held hostage in Gaza
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Fast Forward White House confirms death in Gaza of Hamas No. 3 Marwan Issa
Issa is alleged to have masterminded the Oct. 7 attack; Israel had said for more than a week that it had been examining whether it had killed him
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Fast Forward Israel establishes an annual commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack — but not on Oct. 7
By picking a date on the Hebrew calendar, the government avoids scheduling a mourning day on any of the fall Jewish holidays
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
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Fast Forward 2 House members lead the charge to oust the speaker. Both have been accused of trafficking in antisemitism.
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Opinion The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there
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Opinion USC: Don’t blame Jews for canceling your valedictorian
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News Why did this Mormon drive 10 hours to buy whiskey? To help out a Jewish friend for Passover
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News 100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia U over Gaza and Israel
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Yiddish ווידעאָ: פֿאַר וואָס מײַן בוך וועגן מײַן אייגענעם יציאת־מצרים וועט זײַן אויף ייִדישVideo: Why my book about my own ‘Exodus’ from the Hasidic community will be in Yiddish
שפֿרה־קריינדל לאָווען האָפֿט אַז איר בוך וועט העלפֿן חסידים וואָס האָבן מורא צו מאַכן דעם איבערגאַנג
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Fast Forward Police arrest son of prominent DC-area rabbi after alleged altercation with protesters outside Israeli Embassy