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The issue is not complex: Hamas is pure evil

On Oct. 7, Israel and the Jewish people suffered the worst single-day loss of life since the Holocaust. The depravity of the attack instantly changed our world. Despite the freshness of the … more

JEFFREY GLADSTONE and JODI M. GLADSTONE | 11/6/23

Israel’s UN envoy says he’ll wear Nazi yellow star until other countries condemn Hamas

(JTA) — Israel’s envoy to the United Nations,took an unusual step on Monday while exhorting the international body to condemn Hamas, the terrorist group that his country is trying to … more

Philissa Cramer | 10/31/23

Protesters disrupt Blinken as he asks Senate for emergency wartime funding for Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Dozens of protesters shouting “Ceasefire now!” repeatedly disrupted a Senate hearing where top Biden Administration officials were seeking emergency wartime … more

Ron Kampeas | 10/31/23

More than half of House Democrats endorse Biden’s backing of Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA) — More than half of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to President Joe Biden endorsing his policy of backing Israel in its war against Hamas, … more

Ron Kampeas | 10/23/23

Hamas frees 2 additional hostages from Gaza

(JTA) — Hamas has freed two women, ages 79 and 85, whom it was holding hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports. The release of Nurit Yitzhak and Yocheved Lifshitz comes after … more

Ben Sales | 10/23/23

Hamas releases 2 American hostages from Gaza

(JTA) — Hamas has released two American hostages, a mother and a daughter, whom it was holding in the Gaza Strip. The release was confirmed by an organization dedicated to the rescue of the … more

Ron Kampeas | 10/20/23

Inside the volunteer effort to preserve the harrowing testimonies of Israel’s Oct. 7 survivors

(JTA) — Two days after Hamas killed 1,400 of his fellow Israelis, Raz Elispur saw something on social media that broke through the fog of the crisis. It was a first-person account by May Hayat, … more

Jackie Hajdenberg | 10/19/23

The intersections of my identities form the Star of David

There is a double negative for so many of us this week as we reckon with the ways in which our Jewishness invalidates the rest of our identities, as our Jewishness makes us people no longer deserving of protection. I have never been to Israel, … more

SARAH GREENLEAF | 10/18/23

‘You are not alone’: Biden arrives in Israel as Middle East

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden arrived in Israel with a message of wartime solidarity, saying that he accepted the Israeli assessment that a blast at a Gaza hospital was the fault of … more

Ron Kampeas | 10/18/23

How do we keep the worst days in the last 50 years from tearing us apart?

(JTA) — Like so many others, I spent much of last week searching for language to describe and respond to the new reality in which we find ourselves. As Israeli … more

Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld | 10/17/23