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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 367

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What Matters Now to Joshua Leifer: The fall of US Jewry and how it can rise again

October 4, 2024

While a product of the Conservative movement, left-wing journalist argues in new book that ultra-Orthodoxy offers blueprint for ensuring that American Jewish life can thrive

What Matters Now to Micah Goodman: A year to the Israel-Iran war

September 27, 2024

Best-selling author provides a new concept to frame the ongoing fight against Hamas and Hezbollah sparked by the Oct. 7 massacre, says it may be resolved far from the Jewish state

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: The regional war has already begun

September 20, 2024

ToI's senior analyst weighs in on the deep-rooted meaning of hostages in Jewish psyches and weighs in on what to look out for as Jewish students return to campuses across the US

What Matters Now to Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: What binds US Jews to Israel post-Oct. 7

September 13, 2024

New book by influential Conservative NY rabbi delves into the invisible thread that has tied the Jewish state to US Jewry - and how it could be snapped in the next generation

What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s Sophie’s Choice on hostages

September 6, 2024

After a tumultuous week, we ask some big questions about how Israelis are viewing this decisive moment as the country, and its leadership, are torn in two as negotiations falter

What Matters Now to Bret Stephens: Where North American universities went wrong

August 30, 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT journalist weighs in on why Jewish students shouldn’t want a place at the DEI table even as their rights are being trampled on campuses