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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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Fast Forward A young Jewish organizer takes on Jerry Nadler in a generational challenge
Liam Elkind, co-founder of a pandemic-era nonprofit, runs on generational change, grassroots values and a pro-Israel message
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News After Mamdani and Gaza, are Democrats turning against Israel?
Pro-Israel New York Democrats are talking differently about Israel. Is the party’s direction changing after Mamdani’s victory?
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Fast Forward Trump administration promotes official with history of antisemitic ties to lead U.S. peace efforts
The earlier appointment of Darren Beattie, who is Jewish, to the state department drew concern from Jewish groups over ties to far-right individuals and white nationalist rhetoric
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Opinion American Jews were played — now what?
It is now obvious that antisemitism was never the real reason for the Trump administration’s attacks on universities. What lessons can we learn from this great exploitation?
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Fast Forward AIPAC fails its first test in the midterms
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Fast Forward Mamdani appoints Phylisa Wisdom, progressive Jewish leader, to run Office to Combat Antisemitism
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