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Fast Forward Meet Karin Prien, the woman who could become Germany’s first Jewish president
A granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, Federal Minister Karin Prien says her 'Jewish biography' shapes her politics and public identity.
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Fast Forward CA Gov. Newsom says he regrets apartheid comment, ‘reveres’ Israel in new interview
Jewish Democrats had called on Newsom to clarify earlier remarks about the West Bank
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Fast Forward ‘I’m alive!’: Netanyahu speaks in-person amid ongoing online rumors claiming he’s dead
The Israeli leader addressed American criticism about Israel’s role in the war against Iran
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Fast Forward Can James Talarico’s faith-forward politics invigorate the Jewish religious left?
The Texas Democrat brings the language of religion, and a sharp critique of Israel, to his battle for the Senate and against the Christian right
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Fast Forward Illinois primary pits Jewish candidate with deep Israel ties against AIPAC spending
Daniel Biss speaks Hebrew and spent summers in Israel — but his quest for conditions on US aid have made him a target, part of a larger campaign to keep moderates out of Congress
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News Amid revolt against ‘Israel lobby,’ J Street seeks elusive middle ground in primaries
Unlike AIPAC, the progressive group funds Israel’s critics in Congress — but president Jeremy Ben-Ami is firm that candidates who don’t recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland won’t get his support
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Fast Forward AIPAC is targeting candidates who want to condition aid to Israel. Who has crossed its red line?
A number of former AIPAC endorsees are now open to conditioning military aid to Israel, crossing the lobbying group’s red line
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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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News Nearly half of young U.S. Jews want to replace Israel with binational state, poll finds
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