This is the Forward’s coverage of the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C.
Capital Jewish Museum

The Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Photo by Getty Images
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Fast Forward Prosecutors say they have more than 1.5 million pages of evidence as Capital Jewish Museum suspect pleads not guilty
Elias Rodriguez, 31, is charged with murdering Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky outside the Capital Jewish Museum in May
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Fast Forward Alleged Capital Jewish Museum shooter Elias Rodriguez indicted on federal hate crime charges
The indictment also included special findings that could make Rodriguez eligible for the death penalty.
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Opinion Were the attacks in Boulder and D.C. the product of ‘blood libel’? Not so fast
The idea of a blood libel has a very specific historical context — one that it's essential we not forget
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Antisemitism Decoded What happens when you dehumanize ‘Zionists’
If all Zionists are Nazis, as some activists claim, then there’s little to distinguish an elderly Holocaust survivor rallying for Israeli hostages from an IDF soldier in Gaza
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Opinion After the DC shooting, both pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups are failing
The deaths of the murdered couple demand deeper introspection from both groups
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News ‘Keep showing up’: Capital Jewish Museum reopens week after deadly shooting
The event was focused on condemning antisemitism and celebrating the museum’s work — but politics also broke through
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Fast Forward In Jerusalem and DC, Messianic and Episcopal communities mourn Capital Jewish Museum shooting victims as their own
Inside the evolving faith lives of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, who had attended an Episcopal church in the months before they were gunned down last week
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Fast Forward DSA condemns D.C. museum killings and distances itself from subgroup that posted ‘Free Elias Rodriguez’
Praise for the double killing outside a Jewish museum highlighted tensions over Israel
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Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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Culture Mamdani quoted Eugene Debs in his victory speech — there’s a long Jewish history there
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Culture Mamdani’s first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
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