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Fast Forward ‘Another Jewish warrior’: Fine wins special election for U.S. House seat
The last time Republicans had a record-breaking number of Jewish members was in 1981
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Fast Forward House approves bill requiring campuses to report more foreign funding
Two amendments to the bill singling out Israel were rejected
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Fast Forward Trump nixes pro-Israel darling Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be UN ambassador
Trump cited the Republicans’ razor-thin majority in Congress, where Stefanik has served in the party leadership
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News A Jewish Republican and Muslim Democrat are suddenly in a tight race for a special seat in Congress
If elected, Randy Fine would be the fourth Jewish GOP member of Congress
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Fast Forward Before Nita Lowey died, Donald Trump eviscerated the $250M Middle East peace fund named for her
All grantees of the MEPPA fund for peace-building efforts have been cut off
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Fast Forward What is the new ‘Judea and Samaria Caucus’ in Congress all about?
It’s one of several signs of how Trump’s Republicans are reshaping the conversation around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. (And: It has no Jewish members.)
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Fast Forward Jewish House Democrats: Netanyahu will impede ceasefire for political purposes
GOP Rep. Mike Lawler said the U.S. will ‘make sure phase two occurs’
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Politics At confirmation hearing, RFK Jr. denies promoting antisemitic COVID-19 conspiracy theory
Kennedy was condemned by major Jewish groups for saying the coronavirus was 'ethnically targeted' to spare Ashkenazi Jews
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