This is the Forward’s coverage of U.S. president Donald Trump and his relationship to the Jewish community.
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	Fast Forward Eyeing an escape route in the Trump era, these American Jews are moving to Canada
Changing tides in the United States have some new Canadian residents thinking about Europe in the 1930s, and doubting Trump’s promises to right antisemitism
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	Culture Jews thought Trump wanted to fight antisemitism. Why did he cut all of their grants?
When DOGE routed the National Endowment for the Humanities, hundreds of grants for Holocaust history and Yiddish culture were terminated
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	Opinion Trump’s followers see a savior, but Jewish historians know a false messiah when they see one
The president's whiplash-inducing tariff policies recall the strange case of the debunked mystic Sabbatai Zevi
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	Opinion Passover teaches us why Jews should stand with Mahmoud Khalil
The story of the Exodus is one of Jews deciding to reject our role in a tyrant's narrative
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	Opinion Trump wants to fight antisemitism. So why did he kill funding for my Holocaust translation project?
When we defund public humanities, we risk narrowing our society in profoundly harmful ways
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	Opinion Jewish life has thrived on my campus, amid pro-Palestinian protests — here’s what Trump doesn’t understand
As a Judaic studies professor, I used the upheaval as an occasion to educate — which is what universities are supposed to do
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	Fast Forward Senate confirms Mike Huckabee as Israel ambassador
John Fetterman was the sole Democrat to support Trump’s pick
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	Fast Forward DHS says it is monitoring immigrants’ social media for ‘antisemitic activity’
The announcement comes amid an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration
 
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	Fast Forward Why some Satmar Hasidic leaders endorsed Zohran Mamdani as mayor, stunning many Jewish voters
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	Sports It’s so cool that Sandy Koufax was there for that
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	Opinion I’m an Israeli who lives in New York. Here’s why I’m voting for Mamdani
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	News Mamdani opposes Zionism, but wants New York public schools to teach about it
 
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	Fast Forward Amsterdam’s Royal Concert Hall cancels annual Hanukkah concert, citing singer’s IDF ties
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	Opinion Will Israel ever have another leader who truly wants peace?
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	Fast Forward Yad Vashem says it has identified 5 million Holocaust victims with help of AI
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	Fast Forward 2 of NYC’s 5 public pension funds are vulnerable to a mayor-backed Israel divestment push
 
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