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News Jewish Democrats press for oversight as Trump’s Iran war rages on
With support strong among Jews but not party voters generally, leaders say the dispute is about congressional powers, not opposition to Israel’s fight
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Fast Forward In Israel’s missile war, some families run to shelters. Others have nowhere to go.
Recent government data showed that only .3% of public shelters were in Arab communities
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News When observant Jews gathered to challenge Israel orthodoxy, verbal sparring and walkouts ensued
At Smol Emuni’s second US conference in Manhattan, calls for a moral reckoning over Gaza collided with Holy Land doctrine
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Opinion Why war with Iran puts the US-Israel alliance at risk
The American public is increasingly skeptical of Israel, and doesn't understand why they're at war
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Opinion Gavin Newsom just confirmed the demise of the Democratic party’s support for Israel
American Jewish voters, who overwhelmingly trend liberal, are about to face some difficult choices
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Fast Forward Shower, shelter, swipe: Israel’s ‘startup nation’ meets Iran war with a wave of apps
Israelis are downloading apps to calculate the risk of showering — and to look for love in bomb shelters
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Fast Forward Gavin Newsom says some ‘appropriately’ call Israel an ‘apartheid state’ while questioning US military aid
The comments from Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, come shortly after the California governor said he “never will” take money from AIPAC
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Fast Forward A war-weary Jerusalem marks Purim one day after the rest of the world, a tradition born in what is now Iran
A missile attack from Iran briefly halted the festivities, but then the party went on
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Culture At Eurovision, Israel’s near triumph shows the limits of tolerance
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Sports An op-ed compared an NBA team to Israel as underdog success stories. Then the threats poured in.
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Fast Forward Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’
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