'At least we know she's alive' — a y oung hostage's family insists on hope

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News

‘At least we know that she’s alive’: The family of a young woman captured by Hamas insists on hope

By Laura E. Adkins

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Opinion

50 years ago, like today, Israel’s failure to anticipate a major attack rewrote the playbook for an entire region

By Uri Kaufman

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Opinion

What does Jewish law say about the war between Israel and Hamas? Depends where you look.

By Jay Michaelson

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FAST FORWARDS

Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

Updates on the 8th day of war as Israel prepares for ground invasion of Gaza

At New Hampshire event, Republican presidential candidates point to Iran and Biden in aftermath of Hamas attack

Israeli minister: Gaza ‘must be smaller at the end of the war’

Saudis reportedly suspend peace talks with Israel in the wake of war with Hamas

Yiddish Word of the Day

Autumn

Learn two lovely lines of the song “Harbstlid” (“Autumn Song”).

Culture

Wedding during wartime: A donated cake, a volunteer band, fairy lights by the bomb shelter

By Lauri Donahue

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Culture

‘Fauda’ nearly predicted a terrorist invasion of Israel — the show’s creators thought it was too far-fetched

By PJ Grisar

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