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 Merrick Garland defends deputy AG pick amidst GOP claims of antisemitism
Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden’s nominee for attorney general, touted the integrity of Kristen Clarke, who was nominated for assistant attorney general, as he appeared before the Senate for his confirmation hearing on Monday. Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican from Utah brought up past comments made by Clarke, recently featured on conservative news websites, about…
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News Andrew Yang confronted in Brooklyn over his stance on BDS
Andrew Yang, one of the leading candidates in the New York City mayoral race, was confronted during a campaign stop in the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn on Saturday about his opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. In an OpEd for the Forward last month, Yang described the BDS movement as “rooted in…
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News ‘We should have gotten 100 votes’: Jamie Raskin reflects on impeachment trial
Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland said Thursday that he “felt a tremendous sense of history and responsibility” in leading the second impeachment case against former President Donald Trump, and still feels “we should have gotten 100 votes” to convict. But Raskin expressed no regrets about how the trial unfolded, and shifted focus to the group…
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News NYC mayoral candidates promise the Jewish community an open door at City Hall
Shortly after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year, Mayor Bill de Blasio of New York managed to enrage much of the Jewish community with a single tweet. After witnessing a large funeral in the Orthodox neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, last April, de Blasio warned “the Jewish community, and all communities” that police would…
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News Yiddish professor goes viral in town hall with President Biden
President Joe Biden engaged in a rare moment of kvelling during a live broadcast of a CNN town hall in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. “I actually know some Yiddish,” Biden revealed during an exchange with a Jewish member of the audience. The light remark came after the president was introduced to Joel Berkowitz, a foreign…
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News Israeli politician caught up in scandal of anti-Trump political consultant
The campaign of Gideon Sa’ar, the conservative rival of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Tuesday that it had suspended its cooperation with four American political strategists affiliated with the Lincoln Project less than a month after they were hired. “Due to financial considerations, the contract with the consultants is under review, and in…
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News Jewish constituents put renewed focus on Sen. Gillibrand. She welcomes it.
Chuck Schumer is a hard act to follow. The 70-year-old Senate Majority Leader imbues all he does with his scrappy Brooklyn Jewish upbringing. Kristen Gillibrand, the junior senator from upstate New York who was raised Catholic, has a much more nuanced relationship with her state’s Jewish citizens. In an interview after the inauguration of Joe…
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News Top Yang campaign official criticized support for Israel in 2012 tweets
The co-manager of Andrew Yang’s campaign to become mayor of New York City made controversial comments about Israel in 2012 that could complicate the candidate’s recent outreach efforts to the Orthodox communities of Brooklyn and other Jewish voters. Yang, who recent polls show is the current frontrunner in the crowded June primaries of the NYC…
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