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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Fast Forward Inauguration 2025: Rabbi Ari Berman gives benediction saying Trump ‘acutely feels’ hostage families’ pain
What Rabbi Berman, president of Yeshiva University, said at the inauguration
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Fast Forward Inauguration 2025: ‘My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker,’ Trump says
In benediction, Rabbi Ari Berman invoked MAGA and said Trump ‘actually feels' the pain of hostage families
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Fast Forward ‘We’ve been speaking as one team’: Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal is a rare bipartisan victory in US politics
As Biden secures a foreign policy win, Trump’s team claims the deal signals a new era of tough diplomacy
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Fast Forward Pete Hegseth in confirmation hearing: ‘I’m a Christian and I robustly support the state of Israel’
In an exchange with Tom Cotton, the nominee for Defense Secretary responds to hecklers
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Fast Forward Blinken: Israelis must drop WB annexation and accept Palestinian state if they want peace and security
With ceasefire talks nearing fruition, the outgoing secretary of state says a postwar withdrawal from Gaza and two-state solution are the only possible paths
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Politics What a Secretary of State Marco Rubio would mean for American Jews and Israel
The Florida senator and former Trump rival has moderated his views on the Middle East
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Politics The unconventional contenders for Trump’s antisemitism envoy
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Fast Forward What the election of Pierre Poilievre would mean for Canadian Jews and Israel
The Conservative leader poised to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister took a hitchhiking trip through Israel in his youth
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