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Reflections on hope during unprecedented violence in the Israel-Hamas war

  • Written by Boaz Dvir, Associate Professor of Journalism, Penn State
imagePeople in Tel Aviv on Oct. 12, 2023, light candles in memory of civilians and soldiers killed, as well as hostages taken, by Hamas.Amir Levy/Getty Images

On Yom Kippur in 1973, I was 6 years old and living in Petah Tikvah, a city in central Israel. Playing a nail-biting game of marbles, I initially ignored my mom calling me from our front porch....

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