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Fast Forward Wait, George Santos said what about Chuck Schumer’s mom?
And the Republican made more misleading remarks about his Jewish background in podcast interviews
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News Long Island Jews protest Santos, condemn his exploitation of the Holocaust for political gain
The Republican Congressman-elect lied about a key endorsement from a prominent Jewish Democrat, according to newly surfaced audio
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Opinion George Santos exploited Jewish trauma to win an election
The Republican politician is not the first person to claim minority identity for personal gain
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Fast Forward Zelenskyy, ‘modern-day Maccabee,’ invokes candle-lit Christmas in speech to Congress
Those expecting the Ukrainian President to play into Hanukkah metaphors may be disappointed
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News Congressman-elect George Santos lied about grandparents fleeing anti-Jewish persecution during WWII
Genealogy websites show his mother’s parents were born in Brazil, not Ukraine or Belgium, as his campaign website stated
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Fast Forward Hakeem Jeffries, a staunchly pro-Israel Democrat, will lead his party in the U.S. House
Jeffries visited Israel five times in the last decade and calls Jerusalem New York City’s sixth borough
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Fast Forward ‘I know Bibi very well’: Schumer says Democrats will work closely with Netanyahu’s new government
The Senate Democratic leader and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the favorite to become the party’s House leader, hailed Israel’s democracy in wake of the election that saw the rise of extreme nationalists.
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News Preview: The midterm election that could increase Jewish representation
The balance of power in the U.S. Senate hangs on the outcome of a number of battleground states
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Culture RFK Jr.’s poems to Olivia Nuzzi are peak cringe — so were King Solomon’s
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News DNA test kits spark a surge of online conversions to Judaism in the U.S.
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Opinion What does Mamdani’s response to synagogue protests mean for Jews? No one will like the answer.
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Culture She was a dancer who leapt to the top of her field — then the Trump administration fired her
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Yiddish סאָל רובינעק שפּילט ווערסיע פֿון זיך אַליין אין פּיעסע „דאָס שפּילן שײַלאָק“ Saul Rubinek plays a version of himself in ‘Playing Shylock’
אין דער פּיעסע אַנטפּלעקט ער די פּראָבלעמען אַרום שפּילן שעקספּירס באַרימטן ייִדישן אַנטאַגאָניסט — באמת, אַ פּיעסע אין אַ פּיעסע.
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Fast Forward Hasidic leader defends support for Mamdani. ‘I’m taking beatings to save you’
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Communications Joel F. Brown named next Chairman of the Forward Association Board of Directors
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Film & TV Why do people want ‘Zootopia 2’ to be about Israel?
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