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October 7 reminded me I'm not just a journalist. I'm also a Jew.
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October 7 reminded me I'm not just a journalist. I'm also a Jew.

Balanced, nuanced and empathetic coverage of this conflict doesn't just mean criticism of policy. We must also call out the double standard toward Jews.

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Elise reporting from Israel and the West Bank in 2015.

Over the course of my career, I've meticulously kept my religion away from the public eye. It wasn’t out of shame – far from it. I’m private about my personal life and have always considered keeping quiet about my faith an extension of maintaining that privacy.

But the October 7 attacks and the subseq…

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