Joseph Strauss
By Joseph Strauss
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Fast Forward Cameron Kasky, Jewish Parkland shooting survivor, is running for Congress on platform to ‘stop funding genocide’
Kasky, a 25-year-old self-described “unhinged politics Jew,” enters an already crowded race to succeed Rep. Jerry Nadler in New York City
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Fast Forward Jewish conservatives are looking to JD Vance to draw a line against the antisemitic right. He hasn’t delivered.
Ben Shapiro, Bari Weiss and Dan Senor condemned antisemitism on the right during an event recently but were divided over the vice president
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Fast Forward He was Zohran Mamdani’s Jewish wingman. What’s next for Brad Lander?
After being passed over for a top slot in Mamdani’s City Hall, the comptroller is potentially gearing up to challenge a Jewish congressman
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Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
As Zohran Mamdani leads in the polls, New Yorkers are asking how a mayor who backs BDS could enact his vision in New York City
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Fast Forward Zohran Mamdani, Muslim Democratic NYC candidate, looms large at Republican Jewish confab
Florida Rep. Randy Fine, one of four Jewish Republicans in Congress, called for Mamdani to be deported
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Fast Forward Ted Cruz to Jewish Republicans: Antisemitism is ‘an existential crisis in our party’
'How many elected Republicans do you see standing up and calling this out?' Cruz said
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Fast Forward These rabbis didn’t sign their colleagues’ anti-Mamdani letter. Here’s why.
Some people have voiced relief or disappointment in seeing their rabbi’s name on the list — or on not seeing it
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Fast Forward Meet the 83-year-old Jewish activist who stars in Zohran Mamdani’s campaign ads
Rosalind Petchesky, a retired political scientist, first met Mamdani while lobbying with anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace
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Fast Forward Cory Booker has long embraced Jewish tradition. Now he has married a Jewish woman.
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