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News From Jewish teen magician to congressional contender: Meet Micah Lasher, Jerry Nadler’s heir apparent
The Upper West Side lawmaker enters a race that will test Jewish representation and progressive politics
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News Analysis: Nadler’s exit marks the end of an era for Jews in Congress. Will the next generation ‘do better’?
Nadler’s departure reflects a party in transition on Israel
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Fast Forward Democrats withdraw two-state resolution to avoid clash with progressives on Israel and Palestinians
The DNC decision comes amid growing influence of younger activists and progressives pushing a tougher line on Israel
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Fast Forward In first move as U.S. ambassador, Charles Kushner accuses President Macron of failing to protect French Jews
Kushner warned that Macron’s criticism of Israel and support for Palestinian statehood ‘fuel violence and endanger Jewish life in France’
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News Meet the Jewish senator emerging as Chuck Schumer’s heir apparent
Brian Schatz’s rise to Democratic whip, and Schumer’s weakening hold, signal the next chapter of Jewish leadership
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Fast Forward The first Jewish woman to win a NYC mayoral primary has a message for voters about Mamdani
Ruth Messinger praised the Democratic nominee’s focus on affordability and immigrant protections
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Fast Forward Josh Shapiro calls Netanyahu’s denial of starvation ‘abhorrent’, urges Trump to ‘flood the zone’ With Gaza aid
The Jewish Democrat criticized both Hamas and Israel’s leadership while calling for a hostage release and an urgent humanitarian response
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Fast Forward Trump fired a commissioner over bad jobs numbers. Nixon targeted a ‘Jewish cabal’ at the same agency
White House personnel chief Fred Malek later apologized for tallying Jewish staffers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump tapped him in 2017 to lead a prestigious think tank.
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News ‘It’s the Jews’: San Diego mosque shooters decried ‘the universal enemy’ in hate-filled manifesto
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News Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll finds
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Opinion Mamdani has made ample efforts for Jews. How come no one is telling that story?
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News Mamdani skips Israel parade, while Jewish NYPD commissioner will march as marshal
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Yiddish פֿיר צײַטן פֿון יאָר מיט פֿינף סאָנעטן פֿון אַ גאַנץ יאָרFour seasons in five sonnets
דער זומער איז אַן עקשן, ער וויל ניט, וויל ניט קומען, הגם אויף בייטן וואַקסן צעקווייטיקט שוין די בלומען.
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Opinion My university is enabling the Trump administration’s worst fallacies on antisemitism
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Yiddish World How ‘Hacks’ botched its Yiddish line