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Military vehicles and cows are common sights in the Golan Heights, but are usually not seen together. (Uriel Heilman)

Reporter’s notebook: Covering Israel’s war-torn north is an exercise in dodging danger

In the conflict zone, it’s safer to drive fast then slow because it’s harder for terrorists to target a fast-moving vehicle with a shoulder-borne weapon. It’s one of the many differences from normal life in this upside-down world.

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At UCLA, where police are clearing encampment, Jews on campus say pro-Israel violence has undercut them

“I really think that it gives our name a bad rap, because the vast majority of pro-Israel supporters and pro-Zionists and Jewish people are not violent, and they’re not looking for any type of aggression,” one Jewish student told JTA.

Student protesters celebrating

Brown University board to vote on Israel divestment following agreement with protesters

The university’s director expressed gratitude that the encampment had been dismantled and certainty that an October divestment vote would fail.

How one public official made Palm Beach County the largest holder of Israel bonds

Biden to deliver speech at US Holocaust museum ceremony on Yom HaShoah as campus protests roil nation

White House condemns student takeover of Columbia U building and protesters’ use of ‘intifada’

For teens in interfaith families, the war in Gaza can be a stress test of their Jewish identities

After Yale protest, prominent rabbi reiterates demand that anti-Israel activists not sing his song

A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize

Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in video released by Hamas

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