Jacob Kornbluh is the Forward’s senior political reporter. Follow him on Twitter @jacobkornbluh or email [email protected].
Jacob KornbluhSenior Political Reporter
By Jacob Kornbluh
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News One year after Jan. 6 — a Jewish look back
In the hours leading up to the storming of the U.S. Capitol one year ago today, antisemitic rhetoric swirled through the crowds that had gathered in D.C. in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. “We are standing up to the evil globalists such as George Soros,” a former Breitbart News reporter told a…
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News Mayor Adams taps 3 Jewish New Yorkers for top city jobs
Eric Adams, the new mayor of New York City, has appointed three Jews — including two members of the Orthodox community — to senior positions in his administration. Included on the mayor’s team roster, announced at City Hall Wednesday, are Fred Kreizman, who served as former Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s commissioner for community affairs; Ed Mermelstein,…
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Fast Forward Meet the Hasidim who went to DC after Jan. 6 to give thanks — and chocolate — to the National Guard
On the day Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, the streets of downtown Washington were nearly empty of well-wishers and tourists. In their place: National Guard troops. The nation was still reeling from the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol earlier that month. But there was one group of visitors who were not sporting camouflage….
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News ‘Berserk came into ascendence’: ADL chief opens up about Trump, antisemitism and democracy’s future in new book
The rise of antisemitic violence in recent years, the growing criticism of Israel and the rise of fringe elements on both sides of the political spectrum pose a real threat to the wellbeing of Jews in America, Jonathan Greenblatt, chief executive of the Anti-Defamation League, suggests in a new book set to be released on…
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News Bruce Blakeman, Nassau County’s first Jewish executive, guided by Orthodox tradition
‘Hashem and spirituality are an important part of my life,’ Blakeman, a Long Island Republican, said in an interview
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News In new job, the ‘Anthony Fauci of the New York City Council’ aims to fight COVID and antisemitism
Mark Levine, a term-limited councilman from Manhattan, is battle tested. In his two campaigns for the City Council, Levine, who is Jewish, was subject to vitriolic antisemitic attacks from a primary rival. “I have confronted explicit antisemitism in politics before and I’ve proven that we can beat it,” he said after his re-election. And just…
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News De Blasio exits City Hall, his Jewish support in tatters
Bill de Blasio made a promise eight years ago that he would visit the Orthodox community in New York “one hundred times” in his first three years as mayor. He broke that promise. But de Blasio — who is term-limited and leaves office at year’s end — maintained strong relationships with Orthodox leaders that broke…
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Fast Forward Illinois divests from Unilever over Ben & Jerry’s Israel move
Jewish American groups welcomed on Wednesday a decision by the state of Illinois to divest its pension funds of investments in Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s, over the ice cream maker’s decision early this summer to end sales in the occupied West Bank. The unanimous vote by the Illinois Investment Policy Board,…
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