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Fast Forward House overwhelmingly passes resolution condemning Hamas Oct. 7 massacres
The resolution was approved 412-10, with another six members voting present
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Fast Forward More than half of House Democrats endorse Biden’s backing of Israel in Hamas war
Some of the letter’s signatories have been outspoken critics of Israel in the past
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News Jamaal Bowman’s Jewish allies counter efforts to unseat him over his stances on Israel
Some Democrats and rabbis have encouraged George Latimer, Westchester’s county executive, to challenge US Rep. Jamaal Bowman in 2024
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Fast Forward ‘Hamas will be washed away’: Top congressional leaders pledge support for Israel
The top-level turnout was a testament the degree to which the pro-Israel community has galvanized the political class since Hamas invaded Israel
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Fast Forward With no speaker of the House, a congressional resolution supporting Israel has broad support and nowhere to go
Ninety percent of the House backed the resolution by Tuesday, but there was no way to vote for it
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News How Democrats are parsing their language to talk about Israel and Gaza
A close look at their words shows the increasing complexity of views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict within the party that a large majority of American Jews identify with
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News Dems and GOP united on Israel against Hamas, but will gridlock halt progress?
Unlike previous rounds of fighting with the Palestinian group, even progressive lawmakers are supporting Israel, but the caustic atmosphere in Washington could block legislation on military and diplomatic aid.
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Fast Forward 20 U.S. senators raise concerns to Biden about Saudi demands, urge two-state solution’s preservation
The letter is the most detailed elaboration from the Democratic Party on Biden’s efforts to date, showcasing the uphill climb the president faces in hopes of securing domestic support for and Israeli-Saudi peace deal
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres, outspoken pro-Israel advocate, is dropping hints that he could run for NY governor
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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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Fast Forward A Jewish museum in Tulsa held a funeral for remains of Holocaust victims it kept for years
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Sports Texas A&M’s Sam Salz cherishes his first taste of DI college football — and the opportunity to inspire fellow Orthodox Jews
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