Jacob Kornbluh is the Forward’s senior political reporter. Follow him on Twitter @jacobkornbluh or email kornbluh@forward.com.
Jacob KornbluhSenior Political Reporter
By Jacob Kornbluh
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Fast Forward Suozzi, running against an IDF veteran for Santos’ former seat, takes a weekend trip to Israel
Democrat Tom Suozzi faces an Ethiopian Israeli in the race for the Long Island district, where about 13% of the voters are Jewish
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News That 98-year-old man on drums at the White House Hanukkah party? A Holocaust survivor fulfilling a dream
President Joe Biden has a history of elevating Holocaust survivors
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Fast Forward Ethiopian-Israeli mom of 7 could be the next New Yorker in Congress
Mazi Melesa Pilip, an Ethiopian-born Orthodox Jewish county legislator, will vie for former US Rep. George Santos’ seat
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Fast Forward Jewish Rep. Goldman would ‘love’ a cease-fire, but not while Hamas still rules Gaza
In a rare virtual town hall meeting, Dan Goldman explained the conditions under which he would support a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war
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News Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor praises students who helped oust UPenn’s former president
Gov. Josh Shapiro credited Penn students who helped oust former President Liz Magill, and rejected calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war as premature
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Fast Forward On the first night of Hanukkah, hundreds call for a cease-fire at a Manhattan menorah lighting
‘It doesn't look to me like anyone is getting safer or more secure with what is happening now,’ said City Comptroller Brad Lander
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Fast Forward Hamas killed his family on Oct 7. At his bar mitzvah, he wore a Holocaust survivor’s tefillin — his grandfather’s
Ariel Zohar asked a search-and-rescue team to find the the tefillin in the wreckage of his family’s home
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News Santos is out — who will Nassau County next send to Congress?
Former Rep. Tom Suozzi, with deep Jewish ties, emerges as favorite to replace ousted congressman George Santos
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