Jacob Kornbluh is the Forward’s senior political reporter. Follow him on Twitter @jacobkornbluh or email kornbluh@forward.com.
Jacob KornbluhSenior Political Reporter
By Jacob Kornbluh
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News This rebel in the Knesset is warning American Jews to change their progressive ways
A prominent Knesset member in Israel’s ruling party says American Jews underestimate how the progressives among them threaten the Jewish state, and that they need to distance themselves from what he sees as a growing anti-Israel movement. “The greatest challenge that we are facing is the progressive ideology. This has now become the trend,” Amichai…
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Fast Forward Decision on new head of Jewish Agency postponed
The Jewish Agency’s executive committee was scheduled to vote Monday for a new person to lead the largest Jewish global nonprofit, and decided instead to extend the term of its acting executive chairperson. The postponement, of two months, follows the withdrawal of leading candidate Elazar Stern over comments he made about shredding anonymous complaints, including…
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News Colin Powell’s early life was steeped in Jewish culture and Yiddish. It stayed with him.
Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State and first Black person to hold the job, lived on the same South Bronx block as Norman and Amy Brash, friends “so close they were considered relatives,” and Powell called them “Mammele and Papelle.” “Don’t ask me why the Jewish diminutives,” Powell, who died Monday at 84,…
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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 Tumult in the race to head the Jewish Agency as leading candidate withdraws
The leading candidate to head the largest Jewish global nonprofit withdrew from the race Tuesday. Now the competition for the prestigious position is wide open. Elazar Stern, the minister of intelligence services and the government’s candidate to be the next executive chairperson of the Jewish Agency for Israel, ignited a controversy over the weekend after…
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Fast Forward Lapid meets with Pelosi, Harris and hopes to strengthen US-Israel ties
Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister — and next in line for prime minister — kicked off his first diplomatic trip to Washington, D.C., on Tuesday at a challenging time for relations between the U.S. and his country. The highlight of the visit will be a meeting with Secretary of State Tony Blinken and United Emirates…
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News Why an Arab in the Israeli government says he’s OK with a delay in the peace process
Esawi Frej, one of two Arab ministers in Israel’s coalition government, met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last week to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Frej, a member of the left-wing Meretz Party, which is determined to pursue a two-state solution, had little news to report on that front. The new government wants to…
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Fast Forward New York State adds $25 million to fight antisemitic and other hate crimes
New York State will release $25 million in additional funding to boost security for Jewish and other religious and ethnic institutions amid a rise in hate crimes, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced at Manhattan’s Museum of Jewish Heritage on Wednesday. The money is on top of $43 million already awarded to 362 nonprofits across the state….
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