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Fast Forward Joe Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jewish megadonor George Soros
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren and businessman David Rubinstein also got medals in Biden’s last round
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Fast Forward Biden awards Presidential Citizens Medals to Jewish same-sex marriage activist, philanthropist
The 20 recipients include Evan Wolfson and Bobby Sager
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Antisemitism Notebook This obscure rule explains Biden’s approach to antisemitism
Biden maintained a Trump-era executive order addressing campus antisemitism, but never fully implemented it — embodying an often muddled approach on the issue
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Fast Forward Biden commutes most federal death sentences but leaves Tree of Life shooter on death row
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called last year for the abolishment of the death penalty even for those committing the most heinous crimes
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Fast Forward ‘We can never lose hope’: Biden’s message to Jewish community at his final White House Hanukkah party
Plus: Watch a livestreamed video from the Monday night event
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Fast Forward Biden signs law that could lead to US Jewish history museum joining the Smithsonian
A new law may help ensure the survival of an institution that not so long ago faced bankruptcy
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Fast Forward Who is Steven Donziger, the Jewish environmental lawyer who politicians want Biden to pardon next?
Donziger was imprisoned and later put under house arrest after suing Chevron for $9.5-billion
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Opinion So Joe Biden’s reading Rashid Khalidi. You should too.
American Jews need a better understanding of the Palestinian narrative
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