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Fast Forward A young Jewish organizer takes on Jerry Nadler in a generational challenge
Liam Elkind, co-founder of a pandemic-era nonprofit, runs on generational change, grassroots values and a pro-Israel message
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Fast Forward AOC faces backlash, vandalism after voting against cutting US aid from Israel’s Iron Dome
The representative’s headquarters in New York was also defaced with red paint following the vote
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Fast Forward Trump cuts made campuses less safe for Jewish students, says former Dept. of Education official
Also at the Tuesday hearing, a Jewish congresswoman slammed the GOP for “weaponizing” antisemitism
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats in Congress raise concerns about Zohran Mamdani’s anti-Israel positions
While some Jewish Dems have raised alarm at the mayoral candidate, others have cautiously endorsed him
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Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene and Rashida Tlaib vote ‘present’ on resolution to condemn antisemitic attacks
A second antisemitism resolution expressing gratitude to ICE also passed, but with a smaller margin
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Fast Forward Resolution calling for ‘urgent delivery’ of Gaza aid co-sponsored by nearly all Senate Democrats
Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont, who introduced the resolution, spoke next to a large image of a Gazan infant who died
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Fast Forward Haverford president draws fire in latest GOP hearing over campus antisemitism
Rep. Greg Casar, a Democrat, accused the GOP of ignoring antisemitism on the right and in Trump’s orbit
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Fast Forward Halal restaurant opening in Congress is like ‘Muslim conquest of Jerusalem,’ says GOP congressman
Rep. Mike Collins, a Georgia Republican, was complaining about the closure of Steak ’n Shake
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Fast Forward Chabad on high alert after false Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens war claims
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Opinion Marco Rubio invoked a medieval antisemitic trope in justifying war with Iran
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Culture How an Amish Mennonite school in Arkansas went viral with a song by an Orthodox Jew
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Opinion The real reason for the US war with Iran may have nothing to do with Israel
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Fast Forward Lindsey Graham urges Israel not to strike Iranian oil depots even as he says he helped make war happen
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