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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders releases new ‘Proud To Be Jewish’ video
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has released a new campaign video in which he says he is “very proud to be Jewish” and that he looks forward to “becoming the first Jewish president in the history of this country.” I’m very proud to be Jewish and I look forward to becoming the first…
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Fast Forward Ted Deutch, Jewish congressman who represents Parkland, endorses Bloomberg
(JTA) — Rep. Ted Deutch, whose district includes Parkland, Florida, will back Mike Bloomberg in the Democratic presidential primary. Deutch, who is Jewish, also will serve as co-chair of the United for Mike Leadership Council, which does outreach to Jewish voters. His endorsement of the former New York City mayor and billionaire media mogul stems…
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Fast Forward Congresswoman calls AIPAC ‘hate group’ after attack ad
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Minnesota congresswoman called AIPAC a “hate group” inciting against her after the Israel lobby featured her in an attack ad. “AIPAC claims to be a bipartisan organization, but its use of hate speech actually makes it a hate group,” U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, a Democrat, said Wednesday in a statement. “By…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden rejects pressure to boycott AIPAC conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Joe Biden rejected pressure from a coalition of left-wing groups to have presidential candidates boycott the Israel lobby AIPAC’s policy conference. An activist with IfNotNow, the anti-occupation group that is leading the initiative, confronted the former vice president in New Hampshire and cast her question in the context of the 2015 Iran…
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Fast Forward AIPAC apologizes for ads that called some Democrats ‘radicals’ pushing ‘anti-Semitic’ policies
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee apologized for and removed at least four Facebook ads that slammed “radical” Democrats in Congress, including one that said Israel’s harshest critics in Congress pose a threat “maybe more sinister” than ISIS and other terror groups. In a statement posted Saturday on Twitter, the lobby offered…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren says she will skip AIPAC conference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren indicated she would skip the pro-Israel lobby AIPAC’s conference next month’s and did not push back against questionable assertions about the lobby from a questioner at a campaign event in New Hampshire. In a sign of how the lobby has become a political lightning rod for Democrats, Warren answered…
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Fast Forward Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in Parkland shooting, removed from State of the Union
(JTA) — Fred Guttenberg, whose daughter was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida, was removed from the State of the Union address after yelling out in protest when President Donald Trump spoke about gun rights. “Just as we believe in the First Amendment, we also believe in another…
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Fast Forward 6 Jewish moments during Donald Trump’s 2020 State of the Union speech
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is now in overdrive, judging by the way he turned much of this year’s State of the Union into a campaign pitch. “We are moving forward at a pace that was unimaginable just a short time ago, and we are never going back!” he said during the speech…
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