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hreflang="en"><img alt="People stand with their arms around each other's shoulders outside a campus building, listening to two students play music. A few have blue-and-white Israel flags wrapped around their shoulders." src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_half/public/images/content/Israel%203_large.jpg?h=f32800ae&itok=zVppCrYb" width="635" height="375" title="Israel 3_large.jpg" loading="lazy" class="img-fluid image-style-teaser-half" /> </a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <h3 class="mt-3"> <a href="/article/turned-grief-over-oct-7-hamas-israel-attacks-action" rel="bookmark"> Turning Grief Over Oct. 7 Into Action </a> </h3> <div class="node__content text-small"> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-subtitle field--type-text-long field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Subhead</div> <div class="field__item"> <p>‘By being part of UpliftIsrael, I received the gifts of agency and connection,’ writes Reyna Perelis ’27 </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col border-left border-left_light"> <article data-history-node-id="61116" class="node 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<div class="field__label visually-hidden">Featured Image</div> <div class="field__item"><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-content-list-taxonomy"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <a href="/article/build-better-bonfire-say-farewell-big-three" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1" hreflang="en"><img alt="Mascots at a bonfire" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_half/public/images/content/SPORTS_Bonfire.jpg?h=026830cb&itok=2swptoQ5" width="635" height="375" title="SPORTS_Bonfire.jpg" loading="lazy" class="img-fluid image-style-teaser-half" /> </a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <h3 class="mt-3"> <a href="/article/build-better-bonfire-say-farewell-big-three" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">To Build a Better Bonfire, Say Farewell to the Big Three</span> </a> 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