With barely two weeks remaining before Israel’s Oct. 27 election, the country has been consumed by an extraordinary confrontation between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and senior former aides over what he knew before the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023,…
Mamdani says he was ‘proud to attend’ Oct. 7 vigil where protesters called him a ‘traitor’
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on Thursday he was “proud to attend” the previous night’s Oct. 7 vigil held by Israelis for Peace, where pro-Palestinian protesters swarmed and called him a “traitor” to the movement.
The two ways to see Oct. 7 – and how they’ll influence the Israeli election
There are two ways to look at the Oct. 7 attacks, and which way you do will determine, to a large degree, whether you want to see Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu survive the next election.
To combat polarization, a Houston interfaith group embraces riskier dialogue
In the months after Oct. 7, 2023, Shariq Ghani, the 44-year-old Muslim executive director of the Houston-based civic multifaith nonprofit Bridges, began hosting regular, emergency meetings with Jewish and Muslim community partners in the city.
For Jews traumatized by Oct. 7, Passover Seder is a model for how to process it
The events of Oct. 7, 2023, mark the darkest day in recent Jewish history, leaving an indelible mark on the Jewish collective psyche. Since Hamas’ brutal attacks in southern Israel, the passage of time has become warped: For many Jews,…