Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of the 2024 election season.
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Antisemitism Notebook How Kamala Harris views antisemitism differently than Biden
Harris 'just has a more expansive understanding of hatred and racism,' said one expert
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News Kamala Harris’ backers say she understands Jews and Israel. Her critics fear her stance on Gaza.
Progressives in the Democratic Party say they hope Harris’ elevation means a leftward shift on Israel policy. Those who know Harris say her support for Israel is longstanding
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Opinion How Biden embodies Jewish concepts of strength — while Trump makes a mockery of them
In encouraging an outmoded embrace of masculinity, Trump has fashioned a hollow fascimile of strength
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News Will Josh Shapiro’s Jewishness hurt or help a Harris ticket?
The Pennsylvania governor is on the shortlist for vice president. Will antisemitism derail the nomination?
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Fast Forward Who is Ella Emhoff? How Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter’s views on Gaza could affect her run for president
Ella Emhoff's support of Palestinians could sway voters for or against her stepmother Kamala Harris
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Culture How a Yiddish playwright — by way of Shakespeare — predicted Biden’s exit
In the Jewish version of King Lear, the title character finds a happy ending. Biden has done the same
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News Possible VP Pick Mark Kelly has Jewish connections besides Gabby Giffords, his Jewish wife
The first-term Arizona senator has been to Israel twice since Oct. 7
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Opinion Jewish Republicans are smearing Kamala Harris as anti-Israel. Here’s why you shouldn’t buy it
Harris and her husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, have a strong pro-Israel and pro-Jewish record
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Culture Why saying ‘L’shana Tova’ on Rosh Hashanah may not be the correct phrase
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Culture A Jewish prophet of the 1980s would be horrified to see that we didn’t heed his warnings
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Opinion With killing of Hezbollah’s chief, Israel occupies the inarguable moral high ground
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Opinion This is the most disorienting Rosh Hashanah in memory
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Fast Forward Antisemitism hits record high in the U.S.; new report shows most-ever incidents in single year
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Culture He founded the Harlem Globetrotters and is the shortest man in the basketball hall of fame. A new book tells his story.
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News One year after Oct. 7, a Yom Kippur ritual of communal mourning takes on fresh meaning
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Film & TV How Leonard Cohen — and a Yom Kippur prayer — inspired a coming-of-age epic
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