Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Some Israeli soldiers traveling abroad are facing war crimes inquiries over their Gaza service
Anti-Israel activists have built cases against scores of soldiers based on their social media posts
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Fast Forward List of hostages for potential release circulates as pressure mounts for ceasefire deal
Israel cautioned that the list did not reflect any agreement with Hamas
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Fast Forward Elissa Slotkin sworn into Senate on Reform movement women’s Torah commentary
Slotkin, who eked out a victory in November, is one of 34 Jewish members of Congress this session
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Fast Forward Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jewish megadonor George Soros
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren and businessman David Rubinstein also got medals in Biden’s last round
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Fast Forward Agnes Keleti, Holocaust survivor who won 10 Olympic gymnastics medals, dies at 103
Keleti moved to Israel in 1957 and helped build the new country’s gymnastics program
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Fast Forward Ford Motor Company apologizes after X account posts ‘Israel is a terrorist state’
The account posted two other pro-Palestinian messages that were quickly deleted
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Fast Forward Jewish groups mourn Jimmy Carter despite ‘profound disagreements’ with his later views on Israel
Chabad published an obituary focusing on the fact that Carter was the first president to publicly light a Hanukkah menorah in 1979
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Fast Forward A Strands shanda? NYT game misspells Hanukkah in Festival of Lights-themed puzzle
Several of the Jewish foods included in the word search also raised eyebrows
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Fast Forward Pelosi won’t seek reelection, ending the pioneering congresswoman’s decades of Jewish outreach
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