This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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Fast Forward ‘We’ll get them out,’ Trump tells 7 released Israeli hostages in Oval Office meeting
“We believe that you have been sent by God to release them,” Omer Shem Tov told Trump
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Opinion Thank god Trump didn’t talk about antisemitism in his speech to Congress
The president has no ground to stand on when it comes to claiming to fight Jew hatred
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Fast Forward Israel, Gaza and hostages get just brief mention in Trump’s address to Congress
He also briefly spoke of plans for a “Golden Dome” modeled off of Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system
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Fast Forward Trump threatens to pull funding from campuses that allow ‘illegal protests,’ endorses mask ban
The threat came after his administration said it was considering stopping more than $50 million in federal contracts with Columbia University over its “ongoing inaction in the face of relentless harassment of Jewish students"
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Opinion As Trump targets Zelenskyy, a frightening reminder of taxes Nazis and Romans levied on Jews
In siding with Putin, Trump and Vance recall the way in which autocrats have further victimized victims
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News Who is Sen. Elissa Slotkin, the Jewish ‘rising star’ speaking for Democrats in response to Trump’s speech?
Slotkin, a Jewish Democrat from Michigan, has been pushing back against Trump for years
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Opinion Trump’s treasury secretary is about to make a catastrophically bad move on Israel
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s meeting with Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich could imperil the Gaza ceasefire
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Fast Forward Trump to spotlight hostages in speech to Congress, with families looking on
With a freed hostage and grieving families in the gallery, the president is expected to spotlight the fight against Hamas and the push to bring Americans home
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Fast Forward Tucker Carlson calls for stripping citizenship from Americans who served in the Israeli army
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Opinion This German word explains Trump’s authoritarian impulses — and Hitler’s rise to power
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Opinion I’m a Zionist Democrat. Mamdani has me asking if I must choose between my ideals and identity
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