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Politics George Santos now has a Jewish challenger who fled Iran to escape persecution
Anna Kaplan, a former state senator, filed paperwork to challenge Santos in 2024
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Fast Forward Why this congressman from New Jersey traveled to Israel twice in a week
Rep. Josh Gottheimer, the co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, sensed a genuine effort to reach a compromise on judicial overhaul
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Fast Forward GOP congressman condemned for promoting Nazi website attends lunch to honor Golda Meir
Earlier this month Rep. Paul Gosar linked his weekly newsletter to a neo-Nazi website
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Fast Forward ‘I will never support Nazis,’ GOP congressman with ties to white nationalists writes in post against US support for Ukraine
Rep. Paul Gosar, a Republican from Arizona, condemned America’s ‘support and military aid to Nazis’
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Fast Forward Hasidic magazine: Santos said DNA tests prove his Jewish ancestry
A New York Yiddish-language magazine reported the scandal-plagued congressman’s latest claim
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Letters 13 NY rabbis to Jamaal Bowman: Quit your anti-Israel charades
An open letter from 13 New York rabbis criticizes Bowman's efforts to shift U.S. policy toward Israel
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Fast Forward House Speaker McCarthy visits Hasidic communities in Rockland County
'I will always defend you,' Kevin McCarthy promised the Orthodox community on his first NY trip as speaker
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Fast Forward House panel launches investigation into Santos’ campaign lies, misconduct
Rep. Susan Wild, a Jewish Democrat, will be the ranking member on the bipartisan panel
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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