OUR LEAD STORY

How a lifelong fascination with Jewish culture led this author to become a science fiction pioneer

By Benjamin Ivry

• How dogs are bringing comfort to released hostages and their families in Israel

• 10 Israelis, including teen with her dog, and 2 Thais freed from Gaza as ceasefire goes into overtime

• UC Berkeley hit with lawsuit alleging it has not done enough to protect Jewish students

• NYU Law students remove bar association president who blamed Israel for Hamas attack

My Black and Jewish background has made me uniquely equipped to acknowledge the multiple truths of the Israel-Hamas war

By Joseph Hillyard

In Israeli jewelry, a profound meditation on life in a militarized society

By Sam Lin-Sommer

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