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Oct. 7, remembered in Israel and beyond

By JNS STAFF

(JNS.org) – Israeli President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog opened Wednesday’s commemorations marking three years since the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by lighting a memorial candle...

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‘Remember 7.10.23’: In Israel, Hostage Square bears few remnants of a national crisis – but trauma lingers 

By MICHELE CHABIN

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – In the days following the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, the families of the hostages held in Gaza turned the plaza next to...

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Mamdani angers Jewish groups by calling Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘genocide’ in Oct. 7 comments

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani angered some in the mainstream Jewish community with his tribute both to Israelis killed...

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Opinions & Voices

OP-ED: Us against them, three years later

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

Sunday we removed the majority of our synagogue’s Torah scrolls from the aron hakodesh (ark) and danced with vigor, purpose and unabashed joy...

Today in Israeli History - October 7th

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