Israel Hamas War 2023

On Oct. 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel that killed over 1,200 Israelis. Follow this page for all of our coverage.

Ideas

How do we sing psalms of praise when our hearts are breaking?

In times of peril, writes a Jewish studies scholar, Jews must learn to hope in a minor key.

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‘Can’t break us’: Brooklyn Nets preseason game against Israeli team turns into catharsis for Israel supporters

“It’s very good to do this game, that all the Jews came here to support this team,” said an Israeli fan who was on vacation in New York when Israel’s war started.

Ideas

The Hamas attack wasn’t the Holocaust. But it must be understood in terms of Jewish trauma.

Historical analogies carry risks, but ignoring history denies Jews their humanity, writes the president of the Shalom Hartman Institute.

Politics

‘Scenes out of Gaza will be hard to stomach,’ IDF warns as Israel tells 1M Gazans to evacuate

I grieved at a funeral in Israel this week. But not for too long — another was about to start.

Yefet St., a normally crowded Jaffa artery, stood empty this week. (Eliyahu Freedman)

Israel

In Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, empty streets and supermarket shelves offer eerie signs of war

New York

Jewish food celebrities hold a bake sale for Israel, raising $27K for food relief efforts

Pope Francis, seen at a Holy Mass in Vatican City in June 2019. (Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

Global

‘I pray for those families’: Pope Francis calls on Hamas to free Israeli hostages

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Sports

Philadelphia Phillies hold moment of silence for Israel before MLB playoff game

Ideas

Here’s why we’re holding a Jewish Oktoberfest despite the worst mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust

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