This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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	Culture Comparing his indictment to Nazi Germany, Donald Trump is right for extremely wrong reasons
The indicted former president's glib accusations unwittingly invoke the specter of the philosopher Carl Schmitt
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	Opinion Why this rabbi isn’t celebrating (or dismissing) the latest Trump indictments
Jewish tradition venerates the rule of law as holy — let's treat it with some respect.
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	Politics Trump campaign likens latest indictment to Nazism
The statement came in reaction to a set of federal charges over Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election
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	Fast Forward ‘Reasonable’ CNN viewers couldn’t mistake Trump for Hitler, judge rules
Dismissing a defamation suit, the judge ruled that the network’s claims that Trump was spreading 'The Big Lie' would not lead viewers to think he advocates the genocide of Jews
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	Opinion The unrest in Israel is not over the judicial overhaul — it’s an identity crisis
Is Israel 'democratic' first and 'Jewish' second? Or vice versa?
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	Fast Forward Trump to return ancient oil lamps to Israel
For a time, the lamps were also stored at the house of Saul Fox, the prominent Jewish Trump donor who gave Trump the lamps
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	Culture Hey Donald Trump, Israel called — they want their ancient oil lamps back
Exactly how did historic artifacts wind up in Mar-a-Lago, and what do they tell us about the indicted former president?
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	Fast Forward Israeli antiquities remain stranded at Trump’s Florida estate as authorities fail to retrieve
Israeli clay lamps, intended for a brief exhibition in Washington D.C. in 2019, got stranded in the U.S. due to the pandemic. Recently, they were found at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate
 
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	Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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	Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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	News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
 
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	Opinion Will Israel ever have another leader who truly wants peace?
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	Fast Forward Yad Vashem says it has identified 5 million Holocaust victims with help of AI
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	Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
 
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