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 In a first, NYC mayor appoints a Persian Jewish deputy mayor
Fabien Levy said the concept of tikkun olam inspired his public service
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Politics Analysis: With an eye to 2024, Biden takes a ‘passive-aggressive’ approach to Israel
The president walks a fine line between embracing Israel and criticizing its prime minister
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Fast Forward White supremacist arrested for threatening jurors in Pittsburgh synagogue trial
Hardy Carroll Lloyd is being held without bond and could face 35 years in prison if convicted
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Fast Forward Suspect in antisemitic subway rant pleads guilty to hate crime
Bradley Werner was caught on video screaming at a Hasidic man that he would not be safe in Manhattan and should go back to Brooklyn
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Politics A progressive Jewish group is pressuring Democrats to reject AIPAC endorsements
IfNotNow has targeted, among others, Jewish New York Reps. Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman
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Fast Forward The Pittsburgh synagogue shooter got the death penalty. Pennsylvania’s Jewish governor is mum on the sentence.
Gov. Josh Shapiro said earlier this year he no longer supports capital punishment even for those committing the most heinous crimes
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Politics Jamaal Bowman’s primary challenger calls the incumbent ‘viscerally anti-Israel’
Michael Gerald, a Baptist pastor, is the first candidate to launch a bid against Bowman but other challengers may emerge
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Politics Trump campaign likens latest indictment to Nazism
The statement came in reaction to a set of federal charges over Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election
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