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Fast Forward 60 Jewish groups, from left to right, back bill creating national coordinator to fight antisemitism
The signatories include organizations whose leaders have accused each other of enabling antisemitism
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Fast Forward AOC pushes New York bill to penalize charities backing Israeli settlements
Critics called the bill ‘purely antisemitic’
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Politics Could a Jewish voter surge threaten Jamaal Bowman’s reelection?
An Orthodox Jewish group said requests for mail-in ballots show that their effort to boost voter turnout in the Bowman-Latimer race has traction
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Fast Forward Congress grills K-12 school officials from New York, Berkeley and Maryland on responses to antisemitism
The hearing signaled the government’s growing interest in expanding antisemitism probes beyond colleges
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Opinion The GOP antisemitism bill harms more than it helps
The Antisemitism Awareness Act that passed the House this week handicaps our ability to fight anti-Jewish bigotry
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Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene says she opposed antisemitism bill because it rejects ‘Gospel’ that ‘the Jews’ handed Jesus to executioners
Greene’s opposition to a bill that would combat antisemitism comes at a time when a number of conservatives are embracing ancient Christian anti-Jewish themes.
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Fast Forward Why top Democrats oppose bipartisan bill targeting antisemitism in universities
The GOP-led Antisemitism Awareness Act mandates the Department of Education to use contested definition of antisemitism
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Politics Citing antisemitism, House Republicans take aim at universities’ funding, tax exemptions and visas
Republicans are seizing on a headline-grabbing topic in an election year
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Opinion New York’s Israel Day parade was a shanda — but not because of Mamdani
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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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Fast Forward Trump urges Iran to make a deal after Iran fires missiles at Israel for first time in 2 months
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News Maine Democrats are poised to nominate Graham Platner, as Jewish Democrats withhold support
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Fast Forward Some Jewish Republicans say Tucker Carlson is no longer a threat. Others worry he’ll run for president.
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Fast Forward Canada’s new council to tackle antisemitism divides Jewish groups