This is the Forward’s coverage of the 2024 election season.
2024 Elections
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Politics DNC’s second night features 5 Jewish speakers, condemnation of antisemitism — and few mentions of Israel
The American Jewish story distilled through Doug Emhoff was emblematic of the difficulties Democrats have grappled with conciliating the party’s loyal Jewish American base and pro-Palestinian constituencies
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Politics Doug Emhoff doesn’t say ‘Israel’ — and barely references antisemitism — at the DNC Tuesday night
But he credited Kamala Harris for helping him to deepen his own faith
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Politics ‘First Mensch’ Doug Emhoff thrills Jews at DNC
"I can’t wait to see him help her light the Shabbat candles,” says a delegate from Long Island
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Politics Rabbi Sharon Brous delivers DNC 2nd night invocation: Israelis and Palestinians deserve peace
"We have gathered together this week to craft a redemption story for America," Rabbi Sharon Brous said
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Politics Joe Biden’s critics are attacking him for saying pro-Palestinian protesters ‘have a point.’ His Jewish backers aren’t concerned.
Biden made the statement in the middle of his speech Monday night at the Democratic National Convention
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Politics Politicians at Democratic National Convention court Orthodox Jews, reliable Republican voters
‘The power of the Orthodox community now is so critically important, said Rep. Josh Gottheimer, a moderate Democrat from New Jersey
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Politics A rabbi, a pastor and a president walk into a convention: Scenes from the DNC’s first night
Calls to bring the hostages home, a song by a Jewish librettist and Biden's rabbi learns to use a teleprompter.
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Politics He’s writing Kamala Harris’ DNC speech. He also wrote a book on Holocaust survivors
Adam Frankel, whose grandparents survived the Nazis, is lead writer for Harris’ acceptance speech
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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Opinion How can I live freely as a Jew in a world where strangers rip my mezuzah off my doorframe?
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Opinion Israeli and diaspora Jews live in different realities. The Israel Day parade proved it
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Opinion Trump’s humiliation of Netanyahu marks a sea change in the US-Israel relationship
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