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