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Aron Heller, a part-Canadian writer living in Israel, on the experience of seeking escapism amid an unprecedented Iranian attack

By Aron Heller

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Whose lives mattered during this Black History Month? Tyler Samuels didn’t notice much concern for his fellow Jews

By Tyler Samuels

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Canadian dispatches from Israel at wartime: The CJN’s sales director Grace Zweig was worried before her annual trip to Israel—but she picked vegetables, visited soldiers, and says she made the right decision

By Grace Zweig

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Canadian dispatches from Israel at wartime: Lauren Stein explains how her improv classes became a balm for war-weary souls

By Lauren Stein

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A trip to Poland just days after Hamas’ attack on Israel was a ‘disquieting’ journey for a professor of Holocaust literature

By Ruth Panofsky

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Canadian dispatches from Israel at wartime: Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod debates whether to take up the embassy’s offer and hop on a plane to Canada

By Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod

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Canadian dispatches from Israel at wartime: Lawrence Witt saw the best of Israel from inside a mobile food truck

By Lawrence Witt

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Canadian dispatches from Israel at wartime: Aron Heller is asking himself existential questions about the future

By Aron Heller

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What I learned about my Jewish identity while performing in the musical ‘Parade’ during a war in Israel

By Jesse Levy

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Canadian dispatches from Israel at wartime: A student nurse’s view from inside a Jerusalem hospital

By Tamar Ellis