Words matter. A number of media organisations have editorial guidelines directing them not to use the term 'terrorist' in their reporting of the conflict between Israel and Hamas. …
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By Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis (UK)
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10/11/23
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In the days since Hamas launched its barbaric assault on Israel, there has been a lot of discussion about possible analogies between the current struggle and past chapters …
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By Jonathan Tobin
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10/11/23
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The Hamas gunman aimed his rifle at the elderly couple in their home in southern Israel early Saturday morning. He held a grenade on Rachel Edri’s head, began screaming “Allah …
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By Etgar Lefkovitz, JNS
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10/11/23
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This is an excerpt from a column originally published in May 2022.
In recent days, two voices from Ukraine have been calling out to me. Chaim Nachman Bialik had been a student …
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By Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz
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10/11/23
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Last week, my family — children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren — were together in Israel, celebrating my wife Toby’s 80th birthday. It was heaven on earth. …
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By Rabbi Avi Weiss
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10/11/23
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This is the text of President Biden’s televised address on Tuesday afternoon.
There are moments in this life — and I mean this lierally — when pure unadulterated evil is …
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By President Joe Biden
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10/11/23
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This is the text of President Isaac Herzog’s address on Tuesday.
A s president of the State of Israel, I speak to you now from our capital city Jerusalem under the dark shadow of war, as …
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By President Isaac Herzog
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10/11/23
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Like everyone in our community and all right-minded people in the world, I am horrified by the heinous terrorist attacks that occurred in Israel over the past couple of days. The deliberate, …
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By Howard Bressler
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10/11/23
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From i24News
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10/9/23
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Our marching orders for the holiday of Sukkot, which climaxed this weekend, are straightforward: eat in a sukkah, and be joyous.
That was obviously a difficult command to follow this weekend.
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By Ed Weintrob
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10/9/23
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