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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Books An urgent call during Kol Nidre: The time this top prosecutor had to work on Yom Kippur
Geoffrey Berman, the former U.S. Attorney who was fired by Donald Trump, was in synagogue when a prosecutor called to ask whether Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman should be arrested
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats target independent Jews in key Senate races
‘The Jewish independent vote may actually determine the outcome of the election,’ said Halie Soifer, CEO of Jewish Democratic Council of America
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Fast Forward Ben & Jerry’s makes a final attempt at blocking Unilever’s sale of Israeli operations
The ice cream company filed another lawsuit to stop the sale to a local franchisee following federal court decision
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News Zeldin pans New York’s response to antisemitism, but carefully times criticism of Hochul
‘I am here today as a proud Jew,’ Lee Zeldin, the Republican nominee for New York governor, said on visit to the Crown Heights Jewish community
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News Josh Shapiro traces bid for Pennsylvania governor to his childhood work for Soviet Jews
In an interview, Shapiro says this is the first time a Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano, presents an ‘existential threat’ to democracy
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News What to expect from an emerging Iran nuclear deal
A united Israeli front against an agreement is likely to draw opposition from mainstream Jewish groups but unlikely to trigger much blowback among Democrats
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News Her state party apologized for her. But this GOP nominee continues to spread antisemitic tropes.
Kim Crockett, the Republican nominee for secretary of state in Minnesota, described Jewish billionaire George Soros as a puppet-master of her Jewish opponent
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Fast Forward Arizona GOP nominee for attorney general invoked antisemitic tropes in past online posts – and continues to do so
Abraham Hamadeh wrote on an online message board that ‘Jews are influential and for the most part rich,' and continues to promote conspiracy theories about George Soros, a Holocaust survivor.
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