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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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is just one of nearly 50 politicians endorsed by both groups
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Fast Forward House members ask to double funding for office of special envoy on antisemitism
The office, headed by Ambassador Deborah E. Lipstadt, monitors antisemitism abroad
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Fast Forward Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano once likened gun control to Nazi policies before the Holocaust
In the wake of the mass shooting at a Texas school, blue states are trying to make it harder to buy assault weapons and other guns
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Fast Forward Second gentleman Doug Emhoff says he didn’t expect his Judaism ‘to be such a big deal’
On a White House call to mark Jewish American Heritage Month, Emhoff said he has come to realize ‘how much this representation matters to people’
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News New York State to monitor compliance with Holocaust education requirements
Dani Dayan, chairman of Yad Vashem, said in an interview there is still ‘a lot of work to do’ on Holocaust awareness and confronting antisemitism
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Fast Forward U.N. envoy releases action plan for governments to combat global antisemitism
Ahmed Shaheed, the U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of religion, notes that attacks on Jews were committed “at record high levels in many countries” last year
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Fast Forward Steven Dettelbach, nominee for ATF chief, highlights his Judaism at Senate hearing
Dettelbach vowed to stay above the political fray and focus on combating hate crime as head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
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At a Jewish Heritage Month event, Mayor Eric Adams said he’s got Jews’ backs amid rising antisemitism
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