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Jewish voters play key role in NY House races, but number of Jewish members of Congress will drop
With Republican takeover of the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will likely be a leading opposition figure to second Trump administration
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A new book about American Jewry is causing controversy. Here’s what it actually says.
A canceled book launch. Surging sales on Amazon. We read 'Tablets Shattered' by Joshua Leifer. Here’s the summary.
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Baking matzah and defying blackouts, Dnipro’s Jews press on despite the grind of Russia’s war on Ukraine
The giant, Chabad-run Menorah Center anchors a community that is facing rolling blackouts, departures of essential figures and threats of forced military conscription
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An Oct. 7 survivor and other Jewish and Israeli athletes to watch at the Paris Paralympics
Israel has won 384 medals at the Paralympics dating back to 1960.
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Before this famous Polish bakery ‘opened’ in 1944, it belonged to a Jewish family killed by the Nazis
The third-generation owners of Kuźmiuk Bakery say they only learned of the site’s pre-war history in the past decade
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Claims of ‘ego-driven jihad’ as feud escalates at Zionist Organization of America
Two board members are asking a court to remove Mort Klein as president of the pro-Israel group
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Why Doug Emhoff took the bus to Hebrew school — and more about his childhood synagogue
The history and philosophy of the New Jersey synagogue where the second gentleman had a bar mitzvah
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Is Tim Walz Jewish? No, but his Lutheran values are
In his home state, Jews call him the “Minnesota Mensch”
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Joe Biden’s critics are attacking him for saying pro-Palestinian protesters ‘have a point.’ His Jewish backers aren’t concerned.
Biden made the statement in the middle of his speech Monday night at the Democratic National Convention
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A rabbi, a pastor and a president walk into a convention: Scenes from the DNC’s first night
Calls to bring the hostages home, a song by a Jewish librettist and Biden's rabbi learns to use a teleprompter.
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He’s writing Kamala Harris’ DNC speech. He also wrote a book on Holocaust survivors
Adam Frankel, whose grandparents survived the Nazis, is lead writer for Harris’ acceptance speech
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J.B. Pritzker was vetted for VP. Now the Jewish governor of Illinois is playing host to Kamala Harris’ convention.
While Pritzker’s name is now associated with his wealth, he has cited his antecedents’ impoverished Jewish immigrant roots to explain how his politics are shaped
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