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 Ukrainian-born Israeli lawmaker sees mass immigration from Ukraine as encouraging sign for Israel
The war in Ukraine should prove to Israel that it can’t depend on the rest of the world for its survival, said a Ukrainian-born Israeli lawmaker and one of the most prominent refuseniks. It is also an opportunity for Israel to welcome thousands who are choosing to make aliyah, Yuli Edelstein, a member of the…
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News ‘One size fits all does not work’: Candidate for NY governor criticizes new yeshiva education guidelines
Congressman Tom Suozzi, a candidate for New York governor in the upcoming Democratic primaries, criticized the state’s newly-released guidelines to boost secular studies in parochial schools and yeshivas. “Most yeshivas perform well,” Suozzi said in a recent interview. “One size fits all does not work.” The regulations, expected to be presented to the Board of…
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Fast Forward Hochul gets backing of Orthodox leaders in NY governor race
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul received the endorsement of about a dozen leaders of Jewish communities Thursday in heavily Orthodox neighborhoods in the Five Towns in Nassau County and Far Rockaway, Queens. The endorsement comes as Hochul seeks to solidify her standing in the polls and lock up more support from the state’s 1.8 million…
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News Johnson blocks vote on antisemitism envoy, meets with truckers instead
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson on Tuesday blocked a vote on the nomination of Deborah E. Lipstadt as the Biden administration’s antisemitism envoy. Instead Johnson met with a group of truckers in Washington, D.C., in protest of the COVID-19 mandates and to support those imprisoned for participating in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. Jewish…
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Books In new book, former AG Bill Barr praises Jared Kushner’s knack for navigating Trump chaos
Jared Kushner, former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior advisor, said early in the 2020 presidential race that Trump’s erratic and contentious behavior would lead to defeat, former Attorney General Bill Barr writes in his memoir, to be released Tuesday. “As they say, there is only one man who can beat Donald Trump and his…
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy calls Russian airstrikes on Ukrainian civilians ‘Nazism’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday compared the Russian bombardment of Ukrainian major cities and the targeting of civilians as they are being evacuated to the killing of millions of Jews by the Nazi regime during the Holocaust. “This is just pure Nazi behavior, this is Nazism,” Zelenskyy, who is Jewish, said in a Zoom…
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Fast Forward Ken Duberstein, first Jewish White House chief of staff, dies at 77
Ken Duberstein, believed to be the first of several Jewish Americans to serve as the White House chief of staff, died on Wednesday at the age of 77. Duberstein, a Brooklyn native, served former President Ronald Regan in the last year of his second term. He previously worked as an assistant to the president for…
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News Ben & Jerry’s Israeli manufacturer sues the brand and Unilever over boycott
The manufacturer and distributor of Ben & Jerry’s in Israel is suing Vermont-based Ben & Jerry’s and its parent company Unilever for its decision last summer to end sales in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday by American Quality Products and its owner Avi Zinger in the U.S. District Court of…
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