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Eric Adams, a Democrat and former police captain, sailed to victory on Tuesday, becoming the first Black mayor of New York City since 1993 by an overwhelming margin over his Republican rival, Curtis Sliwa. Elsewhere, however, Democrats had a bad night — to put it lightly. While Republicans reclaimed the governorship in Virginia and had…
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News In an unexpectedly tight race for Virginia governor, accusations of antisemitism abound
In the final weeks of an unexpectedly tight race for Virginia governor, Democrats charge that the GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin’s campaign has engaged in antisemitic tactics. Looking down the ballot, Jewish and Democratic groups point to mailings, tweets and other instances where GOP candidates supported by Youngkin stand accused of trafficking in anti-Jewish tropes and…
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Fast Forward FBI arrests 3 suspected neo-Nazis who planned to bring weapons to a pro-gun rally
(JTA) — The FBI has arrested three men alleged to be members of a neo-Nazi hate group who had planned to travel with firearms to a pro-gun rally in Richmond, Virginia. The rally is scheduled for the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday to protest gun control measures proposed by the state legislature and…
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Fast Forward Virginia Could Have Its First Jewish Speaker Of The House
Virginia might have its first Jewish and first female Speaker of the House of Delegates as of Saturday. Eileen Filler-Corn, a 55-year-old mother of two, is a Democrat who represents the Fairfax county suburbs of Washington D.C., and was Virginia’s first Jewish and first female Democratic Caucus leader. She, along with three other Democrats, are…
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Fast Forward Virginia County’s Official List Of Races Includes ‘Aryan,’ ‘Hebrew’ and ‘Jew’
Attorneys seeking to overturn a Virginia law requiring couples to list their races on marriage licenses has released one county’s official list of acceptable races, which includes over 200 options — from “Assyrian” to “Zoroastrian.” The federal suit, filed Thursday in the Eastern District of Virginia, claims that the race requirement is “offensive,” “unconstitutional” and…
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Fast Forward Coast Guard Ends Search For Virginia Rabbi Who Jumped In Ocean To Save Student
(JTA) — The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for a rabbi who jumped into the ocean in a state park in Virginia Beach, Virginia, saving a student who was having trouble returning to shore. The official search was called off mid-Wednesday, a full day after Reuven Bauman, 35, a teacher at Yeshiva…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Missing After Jumping In Ocean To Rescue Student
(JTA) — The U.S. Coast Guard will continue what it is calling a recovery mission for a rabbi who jumped into the ocean in a state park in Virginia Beach, Virginia to save a student who was having trouble returning to shore. The 11-year-old student, who was at False Cape State Park on Tuesday afternoon…
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