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Opinion I have loved ones in Neve Yaakov. The synagogue attack is a reminder that the road to peace is long
After a shooter attacked congregants leaving an east Jerusalem synagogue, I spent an agonizing Shabbat wondering if my family was okay
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Fast Forward Jewish Republican introduces measure to unseat Rep. Ilhan Omar from House committee
Rep. Max Miller from Ohio cited Omar’s criticism of Israel and her past comments that were perceived as antisemitic
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Opinion If you want to support Israel, boycott its new government
American Jewish communities must distance themselves from the current government in any way possible
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Opinion Israel’s new far-right government is already chilling innovation and causing brain drain
Tech companies are already leaving Israel in response to proposed legislation by the new Israeli cabinet
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News ‘Don’t give up on Israel,’ former Israeli premier Bennett urges American Jews
Most Israelis favor democracy, he assured an Israeli and American Jewish audience at Temple Emanu-El’s Streicker Center in Manhattan
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News Israeli emissary blames political foes for eroding relations with American Jews
Amichai Chikli, Israel's minister for diaspora affairs, said he appreciates American Jews but is ‘unapologetic’ about his government's agenda
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Fast Forward ‘I wasn’t aware of the fact that there are tropes about Jews and money,’ Rep. Omar says on CNN
Rep. Ilhan Omar addressed past antisemitic tweets and criticism of Israel as she fights Republican efforts to remove her from key House panel
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Fast Forward Emhoff condemns synagogue attack while visiting Holocaust sites in Poland
‘What we are seeing today, we cannot have history repeat itself’
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Antisemitism Decoded After Minneapolis, a YouTuber comes for Jewish ‘welfare queens’
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